• 5th September 1956 was a Wednesday
• Hussein BinTalal is King of Jordan
• Dwight D. Eisenhower is U.S President
• Elizabeth II is The Queen & Anthony Eden is Prime Minister of the U.K
• U.N Secretary General is Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden
• IBM invents the hard disk
• Australia begins television broadcasting
• Bell X-2 Aircraft reaches Mach 3 (three times the speed of sound)
• President of Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza Garcia is assassinated
• Raquel Welsh, Michael Keaton and Freddie Mercury are born on 5th September
• Oscar Winners for 1956 Movies (awarded in 1957): Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days; Best Actor: Yul Brynner (The King and I)  Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman (Anastasia); Best Director: George Stevens (Giant)

 

• Elvis Presley is at number 1 in the charts with:

Don’t be Cruel &

Hound Dog