* 1956 – Steve Riley, American drummer ( L. A.

* 1956 – Steve Blackwood, American actor

* 1956 – Steve Ballmer, American businessman

* 1956 – Steve Doocy, American television satirist

Steven Anthony " Steve " Ballmer ( born March 24, 1956 ) is an American businessman who currently serves as the CEO of Microsoft, having held that post since January 2000., his personal wealth is estimated at $ 15. 7 billion, ranking number 19 on the Forbes 400.

* Steve Badger ( swimmer ) ( born 1956 ), Australian and later Canadian former swimmer

Kovacs ' television programs included Three to Get Ready ( an early morning program seen on Philadelphia's WPTZ from 1950 through 1952 ), It's Time for Ernie ( 1951, his first network series ), Ernie in Kovacsland, ( a summer replacement show for Kukla, Fran and Ollie, 1951 ), The Ernie Kovacs Show ( 1952 – 56 on various networks ), a twice-a-week job filling in for Steve Allen as host of The Tonight Show on Mondays and Tuesdays ( 1956 – 57 ), and game shows Gamble on Love, One Minute Please, Time Will Tell ( all on DuMont ), and Take a Good Look ( 1959 – 61 ).

* Steve Lonegan ( born 1956 ), conservative activist ; served for twelve years as Mayor of Bogota and candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 2005 and 2009.

* Steve Doocy ( born 1956 ), Fox News anchor on Fox & Friends.

Rock singer Steve Whiteman of the band Kix, best known for their hit song ' Don't Close Your Eyes ', was born in Piedmont in 1956.

On September 9, 1956, Presley made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show ( after earlier appearances on shows hosted by the Dorsey Brothers, Milton Berle, and Steve Allen ) even though Sullivan had previously vowed never to allow Presley on the show.

* The Steve Allen Show premieres ( 1956 – 1960 )

After first steps in R & B and swing-styled small groups in the early 1950s, he formed his own band with soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy in 1956.

He came to fame in 1956 on Steve Allen's variety show, as part of Allen's repertory company, most notably in Allen's mock " Man in the Street " interviews, always as an extremely nervous man.

* The Steve Allen Show ( 1956 – 1960 )

Stephen Percy " Steve " Harris ( born 12 March 1956 ) is an English musician and songwriter, known as the bassist, occasional keyboardist, backing vocalist, primary songwriter and founder of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden.

People involved in the arts and born in the town include the actress Kathleen Harrison in 1892 ; Alfred Wainwright, author of the Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, in 1907 ; broadcaster Russell Harty in 1934 ; the internationally renowned Contemporary artist Ross Eccles in 1937, many of his paintings feature Blackburn and Lancashire scenes and landmarks ; the writer Josephine Cox in 1941 who set many of her novels in Lancashire ; the actor Anthony Valentine in 1939 ; the actor Michael Billington, star of UFO in 1941 ; actor Ian McShane in 1942 ; rock musician Tony Ashton in 1946 ; actor Jon Walmsley in 1956 ; film maker Michael Winterbottom in 1961 ; actor Steve Pemberton in 1967 ; actress Wendi Peters in 1968 ; actor / comedian Lee Mack in 1968 ; television host Debbie Travis ; author Tony O ' Neill in 1978 ; television presenter and documentary director Michael Gibson in 1980 ; and singer and actress Diana Vickers in 1991.

He was not perceived by casting directors as tall or handsome enough for leading roles but during the late 1950s Adams had supporting roles in several successful television productions including one episode of Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1958 ) starring Steve McQueen and films such as Our Miss Brooks ( 1956 ), No Time for Sergeants ( 1958 ), Teacher's Pet ( 1958 ) and Pillow Talk ( 1959 ).

Steven Paul " Steve " Westly ( born August 27, 1956 ) is an American venture capitalist and politician.

Steve Linford ( born 1956 ) is a British entrepreneur and anti-spam campaigner best known for founding The Spamhaus Project.

* Steve Harris ( musician ) ( born 1956 ), founding member and bassist of the band Iron Maiden

* Steve Williams ( jazz drummer ) ( born 1956 ), Shirley Horn's accompanist and band leader

The character of Phileas Fogg was played by David Niven in the 1956 film adaptation of the book ; by Pierce Brosnan in the 1989 television adaptation ; by Steve Coogan in the 2004 film adaptation by The Walt Disney Company ; and by Michael Praed in The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne.

The 1992 book What Was the First Rock ' n ' Roll Record by Jim Dawson and Steve Propes discusses 50 contenders, from Illinois Jacquet's " Blues, Part 2 " ( 1944 ) to Elvis Presley's " Heartbreak Hotel " ( 1956 ), without reaching a definitive conclusion.

* 1956 ( 29th ) Magoo's Puddle Jumper-United Productions of America, Columbia-Stephen Bosustow

Initially he used the name Tadashi Ishihara before changing it when he secured the lead role in Rodan ( 1956 ).

Winning the First Division title again that season meant that they secured qualification for the 1957 – 58 tournament, and their successful cup run in 1956 – 57 meant that they were one of the favourites to win it.

Newton's growing reputation as a fashion photographer was rewarded when he secured a commission to illustrate fashions in a special Australian supplement for Vogue magazine, published in January 1956.

CBS secured the licensing rights to Diercks's material via Norddeutscher Rundfunk ( NWDR had split in 1956 into NDR and WDR ), and brought it on air on May 14, 1961, ten days prior to the German broadcast of the same material.

The UDCA secured 53 seats in the National Assembly in 1956.

The first attempt to integrate the university occurred in 1956 when Autherine Lucy successfully enrolled on February 3 as a graduate student in library sciences after having secured a court order preventing the university from rejecting her application on the basis of race.

In 1956, the Board of Trust secured an amendment to the Charter and changed Cumberland to a private, independent corporation.

He won the government-awarded mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship Scholarship in 1956 and secured a seat at the prestigious Royal College School and the Technical College of Floreal.

Argentinos returned to top flight competition in 1956 and after finishing near the bottom of the table that year, the team secured comfortable mid-table finishes over the next few seasons.

Using Weld's résumé from modelling, her mother secured an agent and Tuesday ( an extension of her childhood nickname, " Tu-Tu ", given to her by her young cousin, Mary Ker, who could not pronounce " Susan " yet ) Weld made her acting debut on television at age 12 and her feature film debut the same year in a bit role in the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock crime drama, The Wrong Man.

MacLeod was reluctant to move to St. Mirren in 1956, but having secured a guarantee that the reported £ 8, 000 fee would tremendously help Third Lanark's survival, he moved on.

The previous year, Bobby Spencer had written the " My Boy Lollipop " pop song shuffle for Barbie Gaye, which was played by Alan Freed and secured Barbie Gaye a spot in his 1956 Christmas Show opening for Little Richard.

In this position, he helped draft protocols which secured Tunisia's independence in 1956.

On May 10, 1956 an even bigger triumph was secured when VB in front of 25. 000 people in Parken, Copenhagen they met B93 in a qualification game for a place in the best Danish league.

On the other side it faces Andrássy Avenue which has two buildings looking at the square — one is residential and the other one is the embassy of Serbia ( former Yugoslavian embassy where Imre Nagy secured sanctuary in 1956 ).

Kaye entered the world of television in 1956 through the CBS show See It Now with Edward R. Murrow.

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.

** MGM's classic film The Wizard of Oz makes its NBC debut after being telecast on CBS since 1956.

In 1956, Burr auditioned for the role of District Attorney Hamilton Burger in Perry Mason, a new courtroom drama based on the highly successful novels written and created by Erle Stanley Gardner that was to air on CBS.

In 1956, CBS created a half-hour Gerald McBoing-Boing Show, with well-known radio announcer Bill Goodwin narrating.

CBS Television first used the Ampex VRX-1000 Mark IV at its Television City studios in Hollywood on November 30, 1956 to play a delayed broadcast of Douglas Edwards and the News from New York City to the Pacific Time Zone.

It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network until November 28, 1975 ; the series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984.

* CBS Television Studios through CBS Television Distribution ( television syndication rights, 1956 – present ).

* September 3 – The Price Is Right ( 1956 – 1965 ) ( The series returned seven years later on CBS, in its current form ).

* July 7-High Finance, hosted by Dennis James, on CBS ( 1956 )

* September 29 – The Gale Storm Show premieres on CBS ( 1956 – 1960 )

From 1940 to 1956, Autry had a huge hit with a weekly show on CBS Radio, Gene Autry's Melody Ranch.

By then, Berle and his audience had probably burned out on each other, and Buick had even dropped sponsorship of the show at the beginning of the 1955 – 1956 season ( opting to sponsor Jackie Gleason's half-hour filmed edition of The Honeymooners ), after ratings fell dramatically during the 1954 – 1955 as well ( the higher ratings of his 1955 – 56 competition, The Phil Silvers Show on CBS, didn't help Berle, either ); though Berle would remain one of the nation's beloved entertainers, overall, the show that made him a superstar was clearly spent for steam and fresh ideas, and two subsequent attempts at television comebacks hosting his own show lasted barely a year each.

The success of that television appearance led Gleason to produce a weekly variety program, Stage Show, hosted by the brothers on CBS from 1954 to 1956.

He hosted and occasionally starred in his Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater on CBS from 1956 – 1961, and his final anthology series, The Dick Powell Show on NBC from 1961 through 1963: after his death, the series continued through the end of its second season ( as The Dick Powell Theater ), with guest hosts.

On December 31, 1956, the Lombardo band did their first New Year's TV special on CBS ; the program ( and Lombardo's 20 subsequent New Year's Eve TV shows ) would include a live segment from Times Square ( long the focal point of America's New Year's Eve celebrations ) showcasing the arrival of the New Year.

CBS goes on air with the first videotape delayed broadcast, Douglas Edwards and The News, on November 30, 1956, from Los Angeles, California, using the Ampex Mark IV.

After just one season, Gleason and CBS agreed to cancel The Honeymooners, which aired its 39th and last original episode on September 22, 1956.

In the UK, the series premiered on ATV London, on Sunday 25 September 1955 the US premiere was on Monday 26 September 1955 by CBS, ATV Midlands began the series on Friday 17 February 1956, the series had a staggered start across the other regions from 1956-1961 as the ITV regional stations came on-air for the first time in the UK.

In 1956 the theme song was released on Parlophone records by Dick James with Stephen James and his chums and Ron Goodwin's Orchestra and reached number 14 in the UK charts ( 78rpm single: R. 4117 / 45rpm single: MSP6199 ), and by PYE records as a 78rpm single by Gary Miller with Tony Osbourne orchestra and the Beryl Stott chorus ( PYE N. 15020 ) and reached number 10 on the UK charts, versions by Frankie Laine ( CBS Coronet ), Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra ( Capitol ), Alan Dale ( Coral ), Joe Reisman's orchestra and chorus ( RCA Victor ) and Ronnie Ronaldo ( Colombia ) were also issued.

Sapphire films were commissioned to make four other series by Lew Grade, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot ( 1956 / 57 ) ( broadcast by NBC on Monday nights at 8. 00pm ), The Bucaneers ( 1956 / 57 ) ( broadcast by CBS on Saturday nights at 7. 30pm ), Sword of Freedom ( 1957 / 58 ), and The Four Just Men ( 1958 / 59 ).