1956
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1956 (MCMLVI) is the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade.
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Art and culture
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Literature
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Fiction
- The Image by Catherine Robbe-Grillet
- The Outsider by Colin Wilson
- Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale by Raymond Queneau
- Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
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Non-fiction
- The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form by Kenneth Clark
- The White Negro by Norman Mailer
- "Mode d'emploi du détournement" by Wolman and Debord
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Visual culture
- This Is Tomorrow exposition opens in London.
- Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? by Richard Hamilton
- Ericofon
- Love on the Left Bank by Ed van der Elsken
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Music
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Singles
- Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley
- Fever by Little Willie John
- Love Is Strange by Mickey & Sylvia
- Smokestack Lightning by Howlin' Wolf
- Jeep's Blues by Duke Ellington
- I Put a Spell on You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Can't Hardly Stand It by Charlie Feathers
- Tu vuò fà l'americano by Renato Carosone
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Albums
- Chansons “possibles” et “impossibles” by Boris Vian
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Film
- ...And God Created Woman by Roger Vadim
- Baby Doll by Elia Kazan
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Don Siegel
- Forbidden Planet by Fred M. Wilcox
- The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse
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Births
- April 30 – Lars von Trier, Danish film director and screenwriter
- July 26 – Andy Goldsworthy, British sculptor and photographer
- June 20 - Anton Fier, American composer and drummer (d. 2022)
- December 1 – Julee Cruise, American singer and actress (d. 2022)
- François Schuiten, Belgian comics artist
- Masami Akita
- John Lydon
- Paul Gilroy
- Ben Watson
- Guy Maddin
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Doug Wimbish
- Judith Butler
- Jacques de Loustal
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Deaths
- Josef Hoffmann (1870 -1956)
- Bela Lugosi (1882 - 1956)
- Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
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See also
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