Until Daniel Schacter published Forgotten Ideas, Neglected Pioneers: Richard Semon and the Story of Memory in 2000, Semon's work had little influence, though it was quoted extensively in Erwin Schrödinger's prescient 1956 Tarner Lecture " Mind and Matter ".

The balance was reversed by the effect of the Clean Air Act 1956, and the dark moths became rare again, demonstrating the influence of natural selection on peppered moth evolution.

In 1950, the Chinese People's Liberation Army annexed Tibet and later the Chinese extended their influence by building a road in 1956 – 67 and placing border posts in Aksai Chin.

Chuck Berry, with " Maybellene " ( 1955 ), " Roll over Beethoven " ( 1956 ), " Rock and Roll Music " ( 1957 ) and " Johnny B. Goode " ( 1958 ), refined and developed the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, focusing on teen life and introducing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.

On 26 July 1956, in retaliation for the loss of funding and to help pay for the Aswan project, Nasser gave a speech in Alexandria where he denounced Western influence in the Arab world and announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, in breach of the agreement he had signed on 19 October 1954.

Historian David Harris Willson, in his 1956 biography of James, delivered this damning verdict: " Anne had little influence over her husband.

The studies by Werner Betz ( 1949, 1939 ), Einar Haugen ( 1950, also 1956 ), and Uriel Weinreich ( 1953 ) are regarded as the classical theoretical works on loan influence.

The Collier-Burns Act helped influence passage of the Federal-Aid Highway Act in 1956, setting a pattern for national highway construction.

In 1956, under the influence of Dr. Hans Erich Slany, Robert Bosch GmbH was one of the first companies to introduce a power tool housing made of glass filled nylon.

Cosgrave outlined the three principles of his foreign policy to the Dail in June, 1956, the first was adherence to the principles of the UN Charter, the second was independence and non-alignment, but the third made clear where Ireland's sympathies lay: " to do whatever we can as a member of the UN to preserve the Christian civilisation of which we are a part and with that end in view to support whenever possible those powers principally responsible for the defence of the free world in their resistance to the spread of communist power and influence.

From the war years to 1956 the CPGB was at the height of its influence in the labour movement with many union officials who were members.

A more global influence has developed in modern times, including Beat poetry, exponents of which even produced translations of Classical Chinese poetry into English, such as Kenneth Rexroth ( One Hundred Poems From the Chinese, 1956 ) and Gary Snyder ( Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems, 1959, which includes translations of Hanshan ).

Simmons was a geographer, and his book was a tribute to the influence of W. L Thomas ' edited collection, Man's role in ' Changing the Face of the Earth that came out in 1956.

Due to Weinberg's heavy influence at the firm, it formed an investment banking division in 1956 in an attempt to spread around influence and not focus it all on Weinberg.

His treatise on ornamentation was eventually translated into French — though when its influence was rapidly waning, in 1771 — by a certain " P. Denis ," whose introduction called it " unique "; indeed, it was the first published text devoted entirely to ornament and, though it was all but forgotten, as only the printed edition survived, has provided first-hand information on violin technique for modern historically informed performances, once it was published in English translation by Sol Babitz in 1956.

" The doctrine was motivated in part by an increase in Arab hostility toward the West, and growing Soviet influence in Egypt and Syria following the Suez Crisis of 1956.

Pew and Ketler's influence continued with their sons, Weir C. Ketler ( Grove City president from 1916 to 1956 ) and Joseph Howard Pew.

Coldwell had a moderating influence on party policy, and in 1956, at the party's bi-annual convention in Winnipeg, the party passed the Winnipeg Declaration as a statement of party principles to replace the more radical Regina Manifesto.

Studebaker stylist Raymond Loewy was a design consultant to Rootes ; evidence of his influence is most readily seen in the 1956 Audax range of cars, which included the contemporary Hillman Minx, a model also produced under licence by Isuzu of Japan.

* Albrecht Alt ( 1883 – 1956 ): prominent in early debates about the religion of the biblical patriarchs ; he was also an important influence on the generation of mid-20th century German scholars, including Martin Noth and Gerhard von Rad.

Concerns about corruption and the influence of organized crime in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters under the leadership of Dave Beck led Meany to begin an anti-corruption drive in 1956.

It is hotly debated to which degree did President Urho Kekkonen ( President 1956 – 1981 ) intentionally use it to further his own influence and damage his opponents.

Because of its influence on the ideologies of Pan-Germanism and Nordicism, Italian historian Arnaldo Momigliano in 1956 described Germania as " among the most dangerous books ever written ".

American TV was the setting for the first dramatic portrayal of Miss Marple with Gracie Fields, the legendary British actress, playing her in a 1956 episode of Goodyear TV Playhouse based on A Murder Is Announced, the 1950 Christie novel.

* Our Miss Brooks ( 1956 )

* 1959 Miss Wonderful ( recorded 1956 )

Other well-known pieces include Miss Melanie, Like Old Times, The Watermill ( 1958 ) for oboe and strings, and his Concerto for Alto Saxophone in E-flat major ( 1956 ).

Other notable films included Since You Went Away ( 1944 ), Love Letters ( 1945 ), Cluny Brown ( 1946 ), Portrait of Jennie ( 1948 ), Madame Bovary ( 1949 ), We Were Strangers ( 1949 ), Gone to Earth ( 1950 ), Carrie ( 1952 ), Ruby Gentry ( also 1952 ), Indiscretion of an American Wife ( 1953 ), Beat the Devil ( 1953 ), Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing ( 1955 ), Good Morning Miss Dove ( also 1955 ), The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit ( 1956 ) starring opposite Gregory Peck and A Farewell to Arms ( 1957 ).

* Marjorie Edmondson, 1956 Miss Montana who was disqualified due to her being married.

* Our Miss Brooks ( 1956 )

* TIME Magazine Monday, Aug. 20, 1956 GREAT BRITAIN: Miss Bessemer's Crusade

In another 1956 episode ( involving a new saloon girl named " Rena Decker " who causes four deaths by provoking men into fighting over her ), Miss Kitty identifies herself as half-owner of the Long Branch with Mr. Pence ( played by Judson Pratt ).

Many major Scottish post-war novelists, such as Muriel Spark, James Kennaway, Alexander Trocchi, Jessie Kesson and Robin Jenkins spent much or most of their lives outside Scotland, but often dealt with Scottish themes, as in Spark's Edinburgh-set The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( 1961 ) and Kennaway's script for the film Tunes of Glory ( 1956 ).

In Grace Metalious's 1956 novel Peyton Place, the school teacher, Miss Elsie Thornton, is a Smith alum.

Some of their songs include Man Bhawan Ke Ghar aye ( Chori Chori, 1956 ), Sakhi ri sun bole papihaa us paar ( Miss Mary, 1957 ), O chaand jahaan woh jaaye ( Sharada, 1957 ), Mere Mehboob Mein Kya Nahi ( Mere Mehboob, 1963 ), Ai kash kisi deewane ko ( Aaye Din Bahar Ke, 1966 ), Main Chali Main Chali ( Padosan, 1968 ), Chhap tilak sab ( Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki, 1978 ), and Man kyun behka ( Utsav, 1984 ).

Further, the American player Leah " Miss Ping " Neuberger, the 1956 World Mixed Doubles Champion and nine-time U. S. Open Women's Singles Champion, was traveling at the time with the Canadian Table Tennis Team that had been invited by China to visit the country.

Cherry was married four times, once to 1956 Miss America Sharon Ritchie, before wedding his present wife, Francine Bond Smith, in 1993.

In 1956, Fields played Miss Marple in a US TV production of Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced.

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 ).

* " Miss Temptation " ( The Saturday Evening Post, April 21 1956 )

In a 1951 " Comet Notes " article in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 63 ( 1951 ) 209, Leland E. Cunningham in discussing comet C / 1951 C1 refers to her as " Miss Pajdušáková ( Mrs. Mrkos )", and there was an astronomy book published in 1956 by Ľudmila Mrkosová-Pajdušáková, as well as various scientific papers under this name from approximately 1952 – 1958.

* Rina Mor ( born 1956 ), Israeli model and Miss Universe

He also served as a judge for the Miss Universe beauty contest in 1956 – 58.

* Dinah Washington-The Swingin ' Miss ' D ( 1956 ), Mad About The Boy: The Best Of Dinah Washington ( 1992 )

* Our Miss Brooks ( 1955 – 1956 )

Our Miss Brooks ran for 130 episodes on television and won an Emmy award before it was cancelled in 1956.

The Chalk Garden made its London debut at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in April 1956, directed by John Gielgud with Edith Evans as Mrs. St Maugham, Peggy Ashcroft as Miss Madrigal, and Rachel Gurney as Olivia.