April 24, 1956
Gas cost $0.30 a gallon in the spring of 1956, and the Dow Jones stood at 499 — the U.S. was pressing Egypt to join a ceasefire on the Israeli border as tensions in the Middle East kept American diplomats working through the season. On television, "I Love Lucy" remained the country's most-watched show, while readers were picking up William Brinkley's novel "Don't Go Near the Water" from the bestseller lists. The Philadelphia Warriors took the NBA title over the Fort Wayne Pistons that spring, the same season a British test aircraft called the Fairey Delta 2 became the first plane to exceed 1,000 miles per hour in level flight, setting a new world air speed record of 1,132 mph.
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Magazine Covers — April 24, 1956
NY Times Headlines — Week of April 24, 1956
Dulles To Press An Economic Nato At Paris Meeting; Urges Shift In Treaty Accent Without Sapping Military-- Stresses Soviet Changes Wants Pact To Grow Dulles Presses Change In Nato To Economic Collaboration Body
Cairo Says Arabs Accept U.N. Ideas To End Tensions; Israeli Hitch At Withdrawal Of Troops From Border Held Last Obstacle
Foreign Aid Drive Will Begin Today; Dulles To Testify; Administration Plans Study Commission--George Asks For Congressional Inquiry Plans Separate Inquiry Dulles To Press Foreign Aid Plan Lodge Would Use U.N.
World Events — April 1956
Time Person of the Year — 1956
On the radio
Billboard Charts — April 24, 1956
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1955–56 Season
Emmy Winners — 1956
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — April 24, 1956
On the field
Sports Champions — April 24, 1956
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