December 13, 1956, was a Thursday. It was 68 years and 5 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Sagittarius.
The best-selling single on December 13, 1956 was "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell.
This date occurred 24,842 days ago. Approximately 828 months have passed. It was the 348th day of 1956, in week 50. The decade was the fifties. The end of 1956 was just 18 days away. People who were born on December 13, 1956, are now 68 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 1956 was a leap year, which means that it had an extra day in February. We have gone through approximately 276 seasons of weather since this date.
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The date is December 13, 1956, and it's a Thursday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Sagittarius. The Christmas season of 1956 is in full swing. People are putting up their decorations and festive songs are playing on the radio.
In music, the song "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell is the best-selling record at the moment. Dwight David Eisenhower is the President of the United States, and Sir Anthony Eden is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "What's My Line?", "You Bet Your Life", "The Roy Rogers Show", and "Fury".
In fashion, women are sporting chemise dresses, sheaths, sack dresses and straight-cut suits. Short boxy jackets and shift dresses are also beginning to become popular. Meanwhile, a lot of men are sporting a "Teddy Boy" style that involves leather jackets, greased-back hair, extremely narrow trousers and velvet-collared jackets. Men are also wearing formal suits as daywear. Tailfins on cars are extremely popular at the moment. The design looks futuristic, almost like a rocket or the twin rudders on the back of an airplane. It's 1956, so radio stations and jukeboxes are playing songs from singers such as Elvis Presley, Nelson Riddle, The Platters, Gogi Grant, Les Baxter, Doris Day, Dean Martin and Kay Starr.
If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Humphrey Bogart would be still alive. Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Winky Dink and You", "Father Knows Best", "The Gumby Show", and "The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show". Children are playing with toys such as Tonka trucks, Foto-Electric Baseball, BAS-KET Miniature Basketball, and Matchbox toy cars.
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TV audiences were watching the following shows on December 13, 1956:
1956 saw the introduction of cars such as the 1957 Chevrolet, the Mercedes-Benz W105, the Studebaker Hawk, the Volvo Amazon, the Continental Mark II, and the Ford F-Series (third generation).
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If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1956.
This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.
If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out December 13, 1962, instead.
Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on December 13.
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Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of the United States on December 13, 1956.
Sir Anthony Eden was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
John A. Costello was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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