In 1956, the Soviet Union became the first country to honour Robert Burns with a commemorative stamp.

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Hank Greenberg, Hall of Fame class of 1956, was born on this date in 1911.

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On this date in 1956, Alfred Hitchcock's documentary drama THE WRONG MAN—based on a true story of a musician wrongly accused of armed robbery—premiered in New York City.

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I thought it was a joke until I found it in a magazine

1956, Kraft Miracle Whip Salad Dressing https://t.co/WocCKtMYqx

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50% of Maya, is 100% Moroccan. Which is cool cause yesterday was Morocco Independence Day. King Mohammed V made it official on November 18, 1956, declaring Morocco an independent state from France.

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Werhner von Braun made the first detailed technical study of a mission in his book Das Marsprojekt(1952). Willy Ley popularized a Mars mission with Chesley Bonestell's in Conquest of Space(1949) & in 1956, the 3 combined their visions for The Exploration of Mars

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Civil Rights Protest Drawings on Exhibit: In 1956, Harvey Dinne => https://t.co/hJSshUVXKk

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Born in Ukrainia (SSRU) in 1956, 🎨 Katia Gridneva studied at Saint Petersburg Institute of Arts.
She’s a figurative painter.

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Kara no Shoujo celebrates its 10th anniversary today. In the year 1956, a series of murders plagues Tokyo. Private Investigator Tokisaka Reiji joins detective Uozumi Kyozo to find out who the culprit is.

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"O Freedom" by Charles White (1918-1979), charcoal, crayon, erasing, stumping, & wash on ivory illustration board, 36½" x 62", 1956, sold for $509,000. The price was an auction record for the artist https://t.co/DEqtyFgfNw

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Dibujo que realizó Sylvia Plath de su marido, Ted Hughes, en 1956, probablemente en su luna de miel en Francia y España. Se subasta este miércoles en Londres con otros efectos personales, manuscritos, libros...: https://t.co/XgvOtqONay

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we have our very own Dr Valentine consultant psychiatrist in 60s & 80s. In 1956,commissioned by the British Government to Uni of Tehran was 1st to systematically apply intelligence tests on a wide-scale in Fars.

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“The seeing of a tree, a cloud, an earth form always gives me a greater feeling of life than the human body.” — (1890-1956, Group of Seven member based in Manitoba)

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🔥💣🚬🔫
AND TWO FOR TEA
From 1956, an eye-catching
(& original art) by
Bernard Barton!

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Paul Rumsey (English, b. 1956, Essex, England) - Suck-a-Thumb, Drawings: Charcoal “The door flew open, In he ran, The great, long, red-legged Scissorman. Oh! children, see! The tailor’s come And caught our little Suck-a-Thumb.”

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Gonna be at Anime Weekend Atlanta next weekend on the 29th! My booth number will be hope to see you there!

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