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In 1956 As the World Turns and The Edge of Night, both produced by Procter & Gamble Productions, debuted as the first half-hour soap operas on CBS Television.
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* 1956 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV.
The Stadium was the scene Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech in 1939, Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Roger Maris ' record breaking 61st home run in 1961, and Reggie Jackson's 3 home runs to clinch Game 6 of the 1977 World Series.
Chaplin continued being a subject to political controversy throughout the 1950s, especially as he was awarded the International Peace Prize by the Communist World Peace Council and lunched with Chou En-Lai in 1954, and when he briefly met Nikita Khrushchev in 1956.
( 1955 ), Around the World in 80 Days ( 1956 ), South Pacific ( 1958 ) and Cleopatra ( 1963 ) plus many more.
World War II gas masks contained blue asbestos in their filters, and this material continued to be used until at least 1956.
Some horror films during this period, such as The Thing from Another World ( 1951 ) and Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1956 ), managed to channel the paranoia of the Cold War into atmospheric creepiness.
Gammell began making plans to execute the pictorial sequence during World War II and completed the series in 1956.
* 1956 – Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
Cousteau won the Palme d ' Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1956 for The Silent World co-produced with Louis Malle.
In 1956 he co-starred with Peter Graves in the B-grade science fiction movie It Conquered the World.
World Judo Championships have been held since 1956, Judo at the Summer Olympics was introduced in 1964.
* 1956 – New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series ; one of only 20 perfect games in MLB history.
The first no-hitter in postseason history was New York Yankee pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.
She then formed the World Women's Wrestling Association in the early 1950s and recognized herself as the first champion, although the championship would be vacated upon her retirement in 1956.
A seventh inning lead-off double by Seattle's Al Martin was all that prevented Clemens from throwing just the second no-hitter in postseason history ( Yankee Don Larsen threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series ).
Helen Wagner played Hughes family matriarch Nancy Hughes on American soap As the World Turns from its April 2, 1956 debut through her death in May 2010.
The facility ( called Roughs Tower or HM Fort Roughs ) was occupied by 150 – 300 Royal Navy personnel throughout World War II ; not until well after the war, in 1956, were the last full-time personnel taken off HM Fort Roughs.
The Kelso, Washington Chamber of Commerce, located along the Columbia River in the Northwestern United States, dubbed itself the " Smelt Capital of the World " in 1956, and held a festival for the annual smelt run, until the runs dried.
* In the 1956 film Around the World in Eighty Days, starring David Niven, Passepartout ( played by Cantinflas ) rescues a princess captured by the Thuggee and sentenced to burn to death in the funeral pyre with her deceased husband.
By 1956, she dissolved The World Calendar Association, Incorporated.
* London Institute of World Affairs, The Year Book of World Affairs 1957 ( London 1957 ) full text online, comprehensive reference book covering 1956 in diplomacy, international affairs and politics for major nations and regions
* October 8 – Baseball pitcher Don Larsen of the New York Yankees throws the only perfect game in World Series history in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1956 and Turns
The Edge of Night ( the working title of the show was The Edge of Darkness ) premiered on April 2, 1956 as one of the first two half-hour soaps on television — the other being As the World Turns.
* As the World Turns ( 1956 – 2010 ).
* Helen Wagner ( 1938, deceased )-Longtime star of the soap opera, As The World Turns, for over 50 years, she uttered the show's first words in its debut in 1956.
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* April 2 – As the World Turns ( 1956 – 2010 )
The Guiding Light ranked as the # 1 rated soap opera both in 1956 and 1957, before being dethroned in 1958 by As the World Turns.
* As the World Turns ( 1956 – 2010 ) a sister show to Guiding Light ( character crossovers )
: Guiding Light was joined by a sister show, As the World Turns, in 1956 and was also joined by another sister show, Another World, in 1964.
He originated the role of lawyer Chris Hughes on As the World Turns in 1956, and played the role until his death in 1986.
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