Fun Stuff

This is kind of an odds and ends page. You will find Studebaker "stuff" and 1956 "stuff" here. I will add things as I come up with them so keep checking back.

The old ads have outgrown this space. I got kind of carried away. All of the old radio and T.V. ads are HERE You will need Real Player to listen to these. If you don't have it just click the button below. Thanks to John at Solid Gold Radio 84 Eugene, Oregon for the old Stude ads! I am looking for more of these old ads. If you have or know of any, please drop me a note. I'll be more than happy to convert them to .wav or .ra format for you.	Sports in 1956 World Series... New York Yanks beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games. Don Larsen threw a perfect game in game 5! 1956 Olympics... The 1956 Melbourne Olympics was the first time ever that the games were held in Australia. The games return there in the summer of 2000 but this time in Sydney. The 1956 Winter Games where held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. In 1956, the USSR made its first appearance in the Winter Games and not only outmedaled the 32–nation field, but dethroned Canada as hockey champion. 1956 Other Sports... Philadelphia beats Fort Wayne, 4 games to 1, for the NBA championship Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
The top 10 songs of 1956... 1. Singing The Blues- Guy Mitchell 2. Don't Be Cruel- Elvis Presley 3. The Wayward Wind- Gogi Grant 4. Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 5. Poor People Of Paris- Les Baxter 6. The Green Door- Jim Lowe 7. Lisbon Antigua-Nelson Riddle 8. My Prayer- Platters 9. Memories Are Made Of This- Dean Martin 10. Rock & Roll Waltz- Kay Starr	In The News in 1956 28 feb Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory 29 feb Pres Eisenhower announces he would seek a 2nd term 05 mar "King Kong," 1st televised 26 mar My '56 Champion delivered to it's original owner!! 02 apr Soap operas "As the World Turns" & "Edge of Night" premieres on TV 20 may Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll 25 jun 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" & "Stockholm" (Cape Cod) 29 jun Federal interstate highway system act signed 30 jul US motto "In God We Trust" authorized 23 oct 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast 06 nov President Eisenhower (D) re-elected defeating Adlai E Stevenson (R) As seen in the back window of my motorhome.