1956

Eisenhower reelected president

1956 is a year in the mid-twentieth century, often referenced as a cultural or historical marker.

In casual speech, years function as shorthand for their defining events or atmosphere: The Suez Crisis was in 1956.

Years also identify vintages, model years, and birth years: a 1956 Chevy, class of 1956.

politics

Eisenhower

KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
NasserEgyptian leader, 1956-1970
EdenScriptural original paradise

Nehru · Tito · Cold War · Suez Crisis · Hungarian Revolution · destalinization · Iron Curtain · nonalignment · brinkmanship · nuclear testing

culture

Elvis

Rock and roll monarch

rockabillyHillbilly-influenced early rock
Heartbreak HotelFamous song about romantic anguish
Hound DogDog that tracks by scent

doo-wop · drive-in · sock hop · jukebox · poodle skirt · greaser · tailfins · Cadillac · Chevy Bel Air · James Dean

events

Suez

Egyptian canal city

HungaryCentral European republic
Montgomery Bus BoycottYearlong Alabama transit refusal
Soviet invasionUSSR military action abroad

Heartbreak Hotel · transatlantic cable · destalinization

vintage

wine

Fermented grape beverage

BordeauxFrench port and vineyard area
BurgundyFrench winemaking region
portDocking place for ships

harvest · vineyard · chateau · cellar · bottle · age · terroir · grape · tannin · reserve

Categories

1956 HungaryHungarian Revolution, freedom fighters, Soviet invasion, Soviet tanks, revolutionaries
SudanKhartoum, Darfur, Nile, White Nile, Blue Nile

Opposites

temporal distance

1956prehistoric times

Era predating written records

antiquity · 2024

historical character/spirit of the age

19561968

Volatile year of upheaval

1969 · 1942 · Summer of Love · Woodstock · 1776

geopolitical events

19561991

Late twentieth century year

1989 · 1962 · 1972 · 1945 · 1983

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