Flashback to 1956 - A Timeline of Life in America

[@druegillis1744]

I turned 7 in 1956. This was a GREAT time to be a kid. Nothing to worry about. Went out to play and came home when my mom rang the bell or the street lights came on. We made airplanes out of outboard motor boxes from Captain Stans, put the box on a wagon and took turns pulling each other around the block. Also towed each other on roller skates with a bike, but those 90 degree turns on the sidewalk corners often resulted in skinned up knees. Funny- no one ever ended up in the hospital. We were both lucky and fortunate to grow up in those times. Silver Spring, Maryland.

[@donspringstead1649]

Sounds like you had a good life

[@druegillis1744]

It was some of the best of times for me.

[@shirleyupvall9360]

Me too

[@donspringstead1649]

@@shirleyupvall9360 id give a week's pay to go back to then for one day!!! No worries...it was great

[@franknew9001]

@ Drue Gillis-- I turned two in 1956, and I also grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. When you mentioned Captain Stans, I knew it had to be his Boat Center on Georgia Avenue. We lived off of Fenton Street on Easley Street, near Bullis prep school.

[@skinnerhound2660]

My Father finished his four years in the Navy March 1956. He would have been 90yo this month. RIP Dad.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

My Dad owned a 1956 Chevy Belle Aire. It had a small V-8, 256 Cubic Inch. Beautiful car, he loved that car. Miss ya Dad....and Mom too.

[@daveg.6820]

I know that year very well. I graduated from High School. My Dad said "Well you're not gonna just hang around here. it's college or the service". I was burnt out on academics, so I joined the US Army - the smartest thing I ever did. I grew up there and went to college some years later . . . My Army training landed me a job working on one of those IBM RAMAC computers and a 47 year career in IT. Cheers.

[@elifoust7664]

Thanks for Serving,US ARMY 1974-77 MP CORP

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

What a great story thank you for your service 🙏🙏

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

@Eli Foust thank you 😊

[@billgrandone3552]

My sister graduated in 1956 when I was 6 going on 7. and I finally got a bedroom and closet for my own. In 1958 we built a new house with 3 bedrooms , but when my sister got married and had kids, they bunked with me when everyone was home for Xmas or the summer.,

[@monicamurray5012]

Thanks for your service

[@dianekennedy7086]

I was born at the tail end of 1955. I look at this video and remember how much simpler life was in the 1950'sand 60's. I miss those simpler times.

[@grampy2014]

Those were the years when you had good people influencing your life. And heroes with morals.

[@monicamurray5012]

I miss it too. I was six years old and my sister and mom and dad were all together. I'll never forget those times. I wish I could go back for just one more day.

[@brosefmcman8264]

Absolutely amazing time to be alive!

[@anthonychihuahua]

*Cheers!* To all those born in 1956 🥂 May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live 💗

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Thank you!!

[@gwenfluker3436]

Thank you!

[@monicahoward3964]

I was born in this year. My childhood memories of this time during the 60s are Archie comics, the justice league, love stories comics. Wow the summers were dreamy and unforgettable. Walt Disney, you have to born in this period to know how wonderful being a child was.

[@deborahpellerito6117]

Thankyou❤

[@WilliamKSmith-lq1zn]

Thanks Tony!, same to you! August 6th here!

[@lblough9881]

I was 3 in 1956. Life was decent and good. None of the craziness was here then. Everyone still had respect for themselves and others. Plain. Simple. Ordinary was still ok.

[@billquinnett]

You are so very sexy

[@debbyfronke3227]

You said it ..not perfect, but people didn’t live though celebs like kardashians, and can’t beat 60s music!!

[@debbyfronke3227]

@@billquinnett how would you know that??

[@billquinnett]

@@debbyfronke3227 I know I have espn lol…I know you are very sexy

[@debbyfronke3227]

@@billquinnett And know what I know about you? You can’t spell..ESPN-expanded sports programming network, when you use this line try... “ESP!”extra sensory perception!

[@OcotilloTom]

I remember when the Ed Sullivan show was called "Toast of the Town", (1948-54) it became the Ed Sullivan show in 1955. It was hardly infamous, it was a great show for all the family. I remember watching it on Sunday evening knowing that "tomorrow" would be school a day! ugh!

[@navret1707]

I was 10 years old. I miss those glory days of America. How much further can we slide?

[@cheryljune1603]

I was 6

[@stupidd6513]

Because now we have to acknowledge blacks and homosexuals and *gasp* actually treat them like regular people? Still struggling to get equal pay for women thanks to the chauvinistic ways of Boomer-time?

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@stupidd6513 They were being treated like real people during President Trump's first term in Office. The employment rate for blacks and Hispanics was the highest under President Trump and the unemployment rate for blacks and Hispanics was the lowest under President Trump during his first term in Office than any other President in this Country. Now the Biden Administration are showing how racist they and the rest of the Luceferian Globalists really are. The largest group of people that the Biden Administration is targeting is the born again Christians.

[@orvilleh.larson7581]

There was no radical feminism and political correctness ruining the culture. . . .

[@stupidd6513]

@@orvilleh.larson7581 'Radical Feminism'? What does that mean? Are you sad that you have to treat people OTHER than white males with equal respect? Bummer.

[@judierenfrow8073]

I graduated from high school that year. Things were good. Although my dad became very ill in my senior year, I loved those times. My Economics teacher (we call him Professor) made a big impact on our class. He would read a passage out of the Bible at the beginning of the class and we took five minutes to discuss what we thought it said. Unheard of today. My dad mad a full recovery in 57. We celebrated our 65th graduation this June. I have seen so many changes since 56, some good some bad. Praying for our great Country. 🙏🇺🇸

[@Patricia-om3vo]

II

[@benjaminlalruata]

You are truly blessed to have grown up in that era. Im only in my 30s, but I can surely say that these were the best of times.

[@stephaniecoggins733]

We need to bring it back to our school's and the pledge of allegiance 🇺🇸

[@millerforester6237]

The 50s were my adolescent years. The first record I purchased myself was "Sh-boom", by the Crew Cuts. I took my first job at age 14 (1955). The two years before that I enjoyed glorious summers in the back yard, reading books from the bookmobile, and eating pimento cheese sandwiches with iced tea. No A/C in the house, or in dad's '53 Chrysler. Now at age 14, you've seen and experienced so much crap as to be nearly worthless. To me, the 50s were the best time to be here, ever.

[@daphnemiller6767]

I can still hear that song in my head. Loved it! You and I are the same age.

[@philipf4168]

I was born in August of that year. Always think of my youth and how much fun and easy life was as I grew through the 60's and 70's. Our country has definitely changed for the worse since then. Wish I had a time machine to go back.

[@jaenboston2683]

I also was born in 56. I often reminisce of the great times growing up in the 60s and 70s. The music and experiences are truly memorable.

[@Dadsezso]

If I had to choose one thing that was the greatest about the 60's, it was TV. Never been as good since that decade.

[@michaelgaynor6866]

Born January 11th 1956 ......good time to Rock and Roll!

[@hkks1963]

Please can u tell me on which date u born in August

[@hkks1963]

Ok

[@Skycop51]

Proud Southern born in 1951 Vietnam veteran.

[@Dave-hc6pp]

I was born in 1956 and turn 65 in a month or so. I think back to growing up in the 50’s and 60’s and I can’t help but wonder what’s happened to our country. I miss what we’ve lost. What we’ve gained doesn’t seem like it’s worth the cost.

[@Codebreaker51]

I must agree with you on that!!

[@alexw853]

What do you mean, Dave?

[@stupidd6513]

Back when women couldn't get their own credit cards?

[@debbiem9218]

I was born in 1958 and I remember mom stayed home to look after the family. We didn't have a family allowance like they do today. I think my parents were happy back in those days. My dad had a steady income from the railroad. We were latchkey kids and people knew my twin sister, younger sister and I stayed alone and watched out for us. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dave, may you have many happy years ahead of you!

[@thunderousapplause]

nope. dont fantasize about the past. it wasnt great. racism, sexism, misogyny, physical abuse by husbands and parents was acceptable. clothes were uncomfortable and everything had to be ironed. women werent supposed to have ambition. No tv remotes or microwaves. Idealizing the past just bc it’s past is silly.

[@REMBRANTTUBE]

LIFE SEEMED SO MUCH BETTER THAN IT IS TODAY!!

[@marvinmartion1178]

For white upper-class males!

[@REMBRANTTUBE]

@@marvinmartion1178 you may be correct Marvin!! I wasn’t alive then… enlighten me please.

[@carlkaufman2429]

It wasn't.

[@REMBRANTTUBE]

@@carlkaufman2429 why not Carl?

[@carlkaufman2429]

@@REMBRANTTUBEI guess because people are people and that hasn't changed. Racism was even more prevalent and completely in the open. A lot of people struggled to get by. Political corruption was alive and well. Police were as unreliable as today. Despite the prices you always see, a dollar then was $9-$10 today so things were not cheaper. Some things were better and some things were worse. It was different but fundamentally the same. People shouldn't fantasize about the time.

[@michaelserby7697]

Today's America is Not the America 🇺🇸 that I grew up with 🖤 so Sad

[@mpatrickthomas]

Aaamen.Was born in 1965 and dang how it's changed even since then.

[@antonioramos5257]

Some call it progress.

[@catherinebreitfeller669]

So true. It’s not supposed to but I never thought it would get this bad & much worse

[@stellviahohenheim]

Yeah i miss Jim Crow's law too

[@MustangSally7259]

Very sad....

[@Cryo837]

The 50's were like a protective bubble around our society. Never so much harmony and positivity. And purchasing power just kept going up and up. Government working on behalf of the people. Opposite of today....sadly.

[@saulnavarro4730]

Have you asked a black person what life was like in the 50's?

[@beansmcdonough1782]

@@saulnavarro4730 stfu

[@johnstone7697]

@@beansmcdonough1782 Why should he? Is it bursting your little bubble to think that not everyone in America was having such a wonderful time back then? I'll add another couple...we were all scared to death of Russia dropping nukes on us. And my parents thought Elvis Presley was the spawn of Satan, and rock music came straight out of hell. The Catholic Church told you what movies you could see. And God forbid any woman who questioned her husband's authority. Yup....great times.

[@newjerseybt]

@@saulnavarro4730 Much better than the 1860s.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

@@saulnavarro4730 well that’s true but you could also dissect that into many different races ,economic conditions and living standards . My mother was white and grew up very poor in the hills of Pennsylvania back then . You need to expand your vision of people and not just the black race right .

[@doncarlton4858]

The year I was born! A great time to be alive!

[@Kevin-yh9yt]

No mention of American Bandstand? That show is a distinct memory of mine from 1956, Thanks for your videos.

[@jimster46]

October 6th 1952 was the first episode

[@vernonbrowne6127]

My parents were married February 18th,1956, my brother was born November 20th,1956. May they rest in peace.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I have a refrigerator magnet for 1956 and I have a calendar for 1956. It's amazing how much the price differences and income have changed. The average income was $4,454. The minimum wage was $1 an hour. A new car cost $2,050. A new house was $11,725. A loaf of bread was .18. A gallon of gas was .22. A gallon of milk was .97. The calendar shows the different shows that were on along with different events that happened. There are even large pictures that are legitimate for that year. It's so cool!

[@michaelmerck7576]

Damn I can finally afford a new house and car if I could take my 2021 pay to 1956

[@carlkaufman2429]

And a 1956 dollar was equivalent to $9.73 today. Not so cheap when you do the math.

[@janeezzell90]

I miss the simplicity of those days.

[@larryhall7998]

You mean IGNORANCE

[@rodneyfoster9719]

@@larryhall7998 No, he means simplicity.

[@charlesfoutch1132]

our only worry was thermonuclear warfare.

[@mustang7603]

@@larryhall7998 no the only ignorant people nowadays are all these woke soulless sheep commie pieces of 💩💯. This was the greatest generation homie.

[@yeoldeseawitch]

@@mustang7603 better than being a complicit government-following idiot

[@ameliafroehlich2577]

My birth year! Thank you for loading it!!

[@bestpossibleworld2091]

1956 was a landmark year. It is the year we started our move from Portland, Oregon to California. Ike was President and we were still experiencing the post-war boom. And, of course, with the Baby Boom, there were zillions of kids everywhere to play with. No one had a cell phone and people were just beginning to have one TV in their homes. Believe it or not, life was a lot like a Norman Rockwell painting.

[@scottr3484]

Why would anyone move to Kalifornia or New Jersey.? They are like a loaf of bread the two ends no one wants but must take them because the come with the package.

[@charlesfoutch1132]

for white people.

[@bestpossibleworld2091]

@@charlesfoutch1132 My nextdoor playmate was a black kid from an intact family whose dad had been a sargeant in the military in Korea. My school buddy was black from a good family. I am not sure what their dad did but they always drove a brand new Cadillac and I was embarrassed at our humble home compared to theirs. Our school was fully integrated.

[@bestpossibleworld2091]

@@scottr3484 All I would add is the two ends of the loaf are also moldy.

[@charlesfoutch1132]

@@bestpossibleworld2091 that's great but in many places there was strick segregation where blacks couldn't enter places. In my hometown in 60s blacks had to sit in balcony of movie theater.

[@jimmyjames6267]

I was born in 1962 long beach ca I'm an abstract painter amateur and Jackson Pollock is my inspiration, Thank You

[@samanthab1923]

My grandparents bought a summer home out in Springs the year before his crash. We would pass by his house on the way to theirs. Years later you'd still see his wife out in the yard.

[@dcasper8514]

Sheila we're to assume you're speaking of Jackson Pollock's car accident, & Not your grandfather's..

[@dalehall2067]

I remember 1955. I was 15 years old and And at a Graham Crusade meeting It was another warm day in Oklahoma and I gave my life to Jesus Christ that day. But Billy Graham, Ruth Graham and Cliff Borrows Never forget that night

[@dcasper8514]

Wonderful comment .

[@Judy-uc9nc]

Praise God!

[@stevebetker829]

Amen.

[@deborahpellerito6117]

Amen

[@wmalden]

The year I was born. The maternity nurses called me “Elvis” because I had a lot of hair and sideburns. This year, Medicare!

[@ElmerCat]

Me too - It's nice to finally get those "over 65" discounts!

[@Nezmund]

Me too. When I was three, my mom entered my photo in a baby Elvis look-a-like contest. I didn't win, but my mom framed the photo entry and always kept it in a prominent place.

[@dandylionriver]

Lol. Hi “Elvis”. 😁

[@8avexp]

I was born that year, too!

[@kpaulsen01]

I can't remember that year of course but 1956 was a very busy year for moms.

[@MikeBrown-ex9nh]

First grade. Three schools in three towns in two states as my parents struggled to find work. In 57 we moved to Colorado where they eventually found good jobs and a good life.

[@luacreskid]

I was 15 and was drinking in the pleasures of the world. Thank you Suzanne.

[@dannylee1987]

Back when America 🇺🇸 was a great place to live !

[@danielmorris7648]

Yep then y'all took all the hard work of your forefathers that built the country and just stamped it all out with constant depletion of the safeguards that allowed us to become to great.

[@saulnavarro4730]

You mean when people like were lynched and shunned from society? Funny how it's only white people

[@beansmcdonough1782]

@@saulnavarro4730 Stop crying

[@Dave-hc6pp]

@@saulnavarro4730 I was born in 1956 and raised in the south. Not only have I never lynched anyone, I’ve never been to a lynching and I’ve never heard of one happening. I’m obviously aware that they’ve happened and how wrong they were. They just weren’t something the white folks I knew ever did.

[@saulnavarro4730]

@@Dave-hc6pp I won't hold you responsible for stuff out of your control, good on you, but only white people are smiling in those 50's nostalgia posts I'm just saying it wasn't peak Americana.

[@tomklock568]

Two years before my brith. My parents had been married for around a year. Thanks for the look back!

[@miriambucholtz9315]

That increased standard of living must have gone right over our heads; we didn't have a color TV until 1966. Luckily, as a 10-year-old child, I didn't even notice.

[@bdh3949]

Same here. But I also recall a couple of neighbors back then having a lot of trouble with the colors. I remember watching a color variety show and everybody in the show was green and yellow. lol

[@kalevala29]

when I was a kid we had two TV's, both black and white. one had the sound the other had the picture. I'm not kidding. this was around 1972. we didn't have a lot of money obviously. I don't remember when we got a color set.

[@lenisbennett3062]

In 1966 I had a wife 2 kids and a 19in black and white. Got my first color TV in 1973.

[@WhiteDragon689]

You beat us. We did not have a color TV until 70s. We tricked out father into going to the supermarket and took him to the TV store, then told him we were not to go home until he bought it!

[@samanthab1923]

You must have been rich. No color for us till 70!

[@charleshamilton9274]

My 65th birthday was last month and I was looking forward to this upload with anticipation. Thanks!

[@spidyr2k]

Same.

[@charleshamilton9274]

@@spidyr2k May 11th. A long time ago! 😎

[@elifoust7664]

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[@kathleenstofko82]

I was born this year so hard to believe how the goods times pass so fast !

[@stevepowsinger733]

1956 I turned ten and the family moved to South Florida. Unfortunately, things did not go so well for my dad in his new job but we had a fairly decent standard of living. Loved the new rock n roll.

[@XHollisWood]

An Amazing nugget of History , Thank you for sharing ❤️

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I was born on Christmas Eve in 1956. My mother told me that I was born close to midnight. When I was a young girl, I used to get birthday cards that said "The stork didn't bring you, Santa Claus did!" I remember getting a lot of combined birthday and Christmas gifts.

[@continentalgin]

As a young toddler, I, and my sister, were taken by our parents to see The Ten Commandments on the big screen. Coming and going, all of the adults there seemed to regard it as a sort of church service, in which miracles appeared. Leaving the theater, people were just left stunned by what seemed to them to be 'real' miracles filmed for the screen, such was the effectiveness of the special effects at that time. They also thought that the director, Cecil B. DeMille was some kind of holy figure.

[@henryfung6789]

Yvonne De Carlo was the star in that movie. She was smoking beautiful.

[@pintobeans2973]

I was six years old and I was also introduced to the Ten Commandments the same as you.

[@samanthab1923]

Henry Fung Lilly Munster

[@samanthab1923]

Pinto Beans Always remember Edward G. Robinson with his tough guy gangster voice, Hey Moses! 😆

[@continentalgin]

@@samanthab1923 Yes! Sounded like he was in the Bronx. The same thing happened with the movie, The Last Temptation of Christ --- the actors sounded just like New Yorkers! Very distracting.

[@dalestoner2928]

Born Feb 1956. Great things happen that year.

[@casssmith2610]

The year that I was born as well!!! Some of these I knew from my mother but many I didn’t so this was very fun! Thank you!

[@thehypnoticdog6682]

Me too (Dec)

[@patsysmothermon7861]

I was 10 that year and we went to Dallas to see the movie " The Ten Commandments " there. It was breathtaking !! We did not get a TV for a few years after that ; but did visit my Aunts family some evening to watch TV with them. 😊

[@beegee22]

Love this series from Recollection Road.

[@stevedeleon8775]

Wow..I didn't exist until 1959!..my parents married in 1958..my dad was still in Alaska in 1956 US ARMY SGT. In FAIRBANKS

[@lanacampbell-moore4549]

Thanks for sharing my parents grew up in the 50s & 60s😊

[@cdfreester]

My dad graduated high school in 1956 and he was the first person in his family to go to college.

[@jasonsaylor749]

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[@samanthab1923]

Both my parents were in college too. Met at my moms schools mixer. All girls!

[@conniecrawford5231]

Many young people in the 50s and 60s were the first I their families to go to college, including me! It was what intelligent he grads were expected to do !

[@elwin38]

The year another one of my older sisters was born(Aug 21). Most of my older sisters were born in the 50's.

[@darrylh1971]

1956 was also the year the first Sam Goody record store opened in New York City.

[@brucemarsico6]

Incredible! 1956 was also the seventh year of the 50s decade....incredible!

[@marknesselhaus4376]

All in all a good year for me to be born into.

[@dcasper8514]

Good choice !!

[@thehypnoticdog6682]

Me too

[@KatysDream]

Thank you for posting this fascinating year of history. Much of these things I didn't know about. I was born in Sept. 1956 so I'm interested in knowing all the high lights of my birth year. I most likely will re visit this segment again. I've enjoyed learning what happened the year I was born. May God, Bless...

[@GrandmaSuzy56]

Me too!

[@markkasten8925]

9/6/56

[@onemanwalking]

I was also born sept 1956

[@laurafranich4807]

1956 was the greatest year in history. It's the year I was born.

[@Codebreaker51]

Uhhh, No, I must refer to 1941, the year I was born! It was so momentous, they actually started a World War, because of it. So there you have it....................., The rest of the story!!

[@jamesmcinnis208]

@@Codebreaker51 "actually"

[@darlalong1957]

😂!

[@joedirte716]

Hopefully you never voted democRAT

[@laurafranich4807]

@@joedirte716 I was too young to vote back then lol. I remember the democrat party if John Kennedy. It isn't anything like that anymore. It has changed so much for the worse. Can you even imagine President Kennedy supporting the nonsense they have going on now?

[@proverbsthirty-one6531]

My favorite movie with Charlton Heston. Ten commandments. Favorite saying: so shall it be written, so shall it be done.

[@stupidd6513]

What does Exodus 21 say?

[@marvinmartion1178]

Yeah and slaves had all kinds of gold to make a golden calf?

[@hubertwalters4300]

@@marvinmartion1178 They took that from the Egyptians, in the Bible they made a golden calf,so they had the gold,the calf was probably made of wood and overlaid with gold.

[@bobbyfrancis8957]

proverbs thirty-one - No, my favorite quote in that movie is from Nefretiri : " it's a piece of stone with the head of a bird". I am very much a bird person.

[@patriciageary2803]

Heck I thought Cecil b De Mille wrote the bible.

[@catherinebreitfeller669]

The year my dad retired from army & we came back to America from Austria

[@dcasper8514]

Was your father a 20 year man ?

[@bandini22221]

Wish I could go back

[@dc10fomin65]

I remember back in the 60's my mom giving me 2 bucks I would go into a store and get a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, bag of oranges, 2 packs of smokes, couple of 6 packs of beer and still have change, now with all the cameras everywhere, people with their I phones all over the place filming, can't even get a paper to read for nothing, the 60's were definitely much better!

[@carlkaufman2429]

A dollar in 1956 was worth $9.73 today. Dont be fooled by raw numbers. Things were NOT super cheap.

[@jameswalker68]

@@carlkaufman2429 Would you be able to buy all the things mentioned above today though for $9.73?

[@carlkaufman2429]

@@jameswalker68 Yes, do the math. My mom paid 26 cents for a quart of milk. That's about $10 a gallon today. That's nuts. Serious pick any example and multiply by the inflation since that year, 9.73 for 1956. Things were not cheap.

[@WilliamKearns5393]

R.I.P Carrie Fisher, 1956-2016. R.I.H Zarrie Qisher, 1956-2016.

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

I miss those days (even though I was a child of the 60's).

[@Jimvenice2008]

I miss it and I was born in 75

[@totallysmooth1203]

The 60's was a good time to be a kid. I have lots of fond memories. Although at the same time Lyndon Johnson and America's Democrat enemies had declared war on American civilization.

[@totallysmooth1203]

@SnoopyDoo With not a damn soul standing in it i want to know.

[@kellycoleman715]

The year I was born. Great year!

[@bostongirlsandy]

I liked this year because it had Elvis in it.

[@brendas.1374]

My first set of wheels was a 1956 Ford F100. Bought it in 1982 on my 16th birthday, paid $1,350 for it.

[@fcburgner35]

The "infamous" Ed Sullivan show was nothing of the sort - at that time it was the most watched show on TV.

[@aaaht3810]

Yeah, I didn't get that either. Everyone watched Ed. Maybe he was referring to Elvis' appearances on Ed's show which caused something of a stir with his gyrations to be filmed from the waist up, etc. Maybe he meant to say something like "Elvis' controversial appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show." I don't know. The show was not infamous and I have heard Ed was very selective about the performers that went on the show.

[@dcasper8514]

I agree...to be on Sullivan's show was the top of your career, or the start of a new one.

[@destineydevereux7355]

As the narrator stated, " infamous because it was rumoured Elvis would only be filmed from the waist up",,, some affiliates did black out Elvis that way,, in 56 that was considered really racy!!!😎💋

[@blondego56]

thats what The Word MEANS ! ! 😒🤔

[@mdogg1604]

@@aaaht3810 Ed didn't want The Doors to sing the words "..... girl we couldn't get much higher...". They did it anyway.

[@susancannon1905]

I was born in March of ‘56…Never knew all these things happened that year… thank for sharing!

[@billquinnett]

You are so very sexy

[@georgeevans2662]

I graduated from HS in 1956. Wow! Time flies.I will be 83 on 8/03/2021. I can safely say that Never liked rock, jazz, etc. My love for big band music is eternal. Peace!

[@tomgattone5238]

I also graduated in 1956,the 50's were great,what now has happened to our country

[@LuVanBramer]

1956 what a great year for sports Yankees win World Series don Larsen perfect game. Nov 30 Floyd Patterson became the youngest fighter to win heavyweight title. Dec 30 ny giants 47 Chicago bears 7

[@amazon9733]

Alot of us have fond memories from that time. I remember being safe and my family was a loving one. But unfortunately for our friends of color it was not as pleasant. I remember as a child (in grade school) with others protecting a younger Africa-American girl from boys who where tormenting her. Not all of us have fond memories of the so called “quiet“ time in our history. God Bless.🙏

[@ibosquez5238]

Thank you, bless you for sticking up for her. You must have had extremely good parents.

[@gigiis526]

You were a kind person and good samaritan to help the young black girl. Today you can help blacks by relearning the way you refer to them,. You are offensive and you dont even realize it . Ill teach you to unlearn insulting "labels" that people say because they dont know any better. 1) All mankind is one color or another! Black people hate it when people say "colored" . I hate it too. I am white and they are black. So what?! We all come from one man Adam . WE are one race under YHWH . We are brown ,white ,black etc. We are all colored so why say just blacks are colored? Do we say the mexicans are colored? Why not? They are a brown color. Do we say white people are colored? Why not? Whites are a white color! Do we say the people from India with very dark brown skin are colored? Why not?! They are almost black in some instances. You see what Im saying? Black people are BL:ACK! People that are black want to be called black because that is what they are; BLACK. They dont want you to call them colored or 2) that they are african american. Where in the heck did the USA get this label that all blacks are african americans? Black people are not only from Africa but from the Caribbean as well which has more blacks than Africa! Some blacks ancestors may have been from africa but that doesnt mean they shgould be referred to as african american now does it? My ancestors are from England,France, and Ireland. Should people refer to me referencing my ancestory or my color which is white depending on how much sun I get( humor). There are also many blacks in european countries. Black people are black. If you must refer to their color; they are black. Ask someone who is black about this. They will tell you what I am . Blessings

[@gigiis526]

Also, enough of the virtue signaling! "Not all of us have fond memories of the so called “quiet“ time in our history." Must race be brought into every single conversation had? Healthy successful blacks do not focus on the past but they are looking forward and creating a good life for themselves and their families. Leave your virtue signaling platitudes where they belong; BURIED.Today is not yesterday and things today are certainly not they were 70 yrs ago . Blacks have the same opportunities to succeed now as any other race. It is because of the American dream and why people flock to this country! If you are willing to stay out of trouble and work your tail off; you will succeed. Its that simple. Those that cant let go of things in the past are unhealthy and have mental issues.They have bought into the social justice victim mentality that is so destructive to our society! The uneducated are easily swayed to get on the pity wagon and the left is doing a great job of dividing our country. Are you uneducated ? You have certainly played into the narrative! STOP FLAMING THE FIRES OF OVER A HALF CENTURY AGO! There was no need for your comment to be so negative. Maybe that is who you are. Read the bible the living word. Faith come by hearing the word of God. Romans 10:17. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105 Repent and trust in Christ . Romans 10:9-10, Acts 17:30, Luke 13:3 Unless you repent you will perish. Acts 17:30, Luke 13:3

 www.livingwaters.co... Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

[@gigiis526]

@@ibosquez5238 Im not even sure I believe him/her. It looks like a ploy to turn the focus on race to me.

[@chipblack5000]

Thank You For Sharing 🇺🇸

[@stuartpickles6907]

My grandma graduated high school from Baxter Springs ks in 1956!

[@caseyl3789]

My mother graduated from HS in 1956 as well. Great time to be alive. She told me that the time was allot simpler.

[@georgecollins9388]

Hey in 1956 when I was 8 years old, I snuck into the back seat of my 3 sisters' Studebaker and arrived at a movie theater where Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley's first movie) was playing in black and white. My sisters were angry and wanted to shoot me but agreed to let me go in and see the movie..I just loved it totally.

[@gwwayner]

Ah the 1950's; everyone smoked cigarettes, boys swam naked at the YMCA, you didn't need a helmet or insurance to drive a motorcycle, TV shows were free, kids were running all around the neighborhood, dogs shit on the sidewalk, cars had style, you got the strap in school, and it was still a man's world. How I miss it.

[@gwwayner]

@David Watson You didn't have to pick up shit after your dog. It's all about the freedoms we used to have.

[@ibosquez5238]

Dude, it's still a man's world, you built it!

[@tomgattone5238]

take me back

[@stevebuckley3971]

I was 4 years old loved it

[@charlesmartel5907]

October 8, 1956 : New York Yankees Starting Pitcher Don Larsen pitched a no- hit perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers ! 27 up 27 down ! It was the only perfect no-hit game in World Series History ! ⚾️ ( and also the year I was born ) 🙂 👍

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Thank you for the trivia.

[@Codebreaker51]

And, I watched it on TV. What a game!!

[@jerryhorowitz7989]

I was in the stands!

[@robert5711]

And "Yogi" caught it!

[@eutimiochavez415]

Those were great time miss them ,now just memories ❤

[@Hoonozit]

Thanks for the neato video.

[@garyfrancis6193]

Thank ya. Thank ya very much.

[@frankiebelfast1204]

I was an eleven year-old when I had a life-changing epiphany. I heard Little Richard for the first time. I told myself I wouldn’t rest until I could sing like that. I was too young to know that there was only one Little Richard.

[@vivianclaiborne7653]

Hi Frankie, I Knew ''Little Richard''...you know he died last year. I first saw him, I was kid, and he was going to a '' Seven Day Adventist''..Theology College. He was a ''Preacher'' before he became ''Little Richard''...I became a ''Night Club''.. singer, and Richard and I was on the same show. He saw me, but didn't have any idea, who I was, until I met him again, while dating one of his friends, who once attended the same church. Whenever Richard would come to L.A., for ''Shows''...he'd call my boy friend, and we'd head to the hotel, where he was staying. Wonderful Times.

[@daphnemiller6767]

@@vivianclaiborne7653 Wow! Thanks for commenting. I'll bet you've had an interesting life.

[@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu]

thank god there was only one-all he did was shreik

[@wargame2play]

I made my appearance in September, one day late for my Mother’s birthday !

[@salboccia562]

That was very informative Brian, Thank You

[@AnnaPaul56]

I was born in 1956. This was very interesting. Thank you.

[@billquinnett]

You are so very sexy

[@thehypnoticdog6682]

Me too (Dec)

[@billquinnett]

Dec. 47

[@ericlindenmuth7517]

That meeting at Sun Records must have been crazy! Its strange to think Jerry lee is still alive and Elvis has been gone for 44 years!!

[@glennso47]

Jerry Lee Lewis has died earlier this year.

[@richardwingert2827]

This was the year I was born. I just turned 65. What I find interesting is that no matter how I try to explain the world about me and what had happened in my lifetime I would never imagine that our species extinction would become a possibility. Way go guys we had a terrific ride. It's over,folks!

[@wholeNwon]

Guess you don't remember "duck and cover" and all the home fallout shelters.

[@clarencegreen3071]

@@wholeNwon Polio as well.

[@wholeNwon]

@@clarencegreen3071 Yup.

[@jerryshepherd1645]

That was great love it thank

[@judyevancic4926]

I’m glad I was a kid during that time. We had the best of what America was then. Leaders were true to the country then. People prospered. Not as greedy as the wealthiest are now. Had a solid prosperous middle class. Then came the next generation who prospered by the times. Now the gap is so wide the children saw a deep fall begin at the end of the baby boomers time and Clintons with their gteedy attitude gave the country away to the Chinese. So here we are.

[@DavidSmith-mx7ll]

Interesting stuff I missed as I was born in Jan '59

[@WilliamKearns5393]

The 56 Actors, Actresses, Celebrities, Singers, And Comedians, 1956 - ? The 1956 Villain Deaths ❤🎉

[@joeyank2451]

When America Was America

[@UmmYeahOk]

Compare the tax rate then with now. People want to Make America Great Again, but forget just how it was done.

[@stupidd6513]

So we can revert back to tax rates of those times? Perhaps if we never messed with them to begin with, we'd be in a much better place now. But boomers got greedy.

[@UmmYeahOk]

@@stupidd6513 in regards to greedy boomers, my favorite thing to do is have them reminisce about how wonderful Drive In movie theaters were. At some point they will ALWAYS bring up how great it was sneaking several people in the trunk. Doesn’t matter who you talk to, as they all seem to share this same memory. They will be consumed with this warm fuzzy nostalgia until I immediately ask them after sharing that memory why all the theaters closed. 😏

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@UmmYeahOk President Trump was doing an excellent job as President during his first term in Office, even though the Luceferian Globalists were fighting him and lying about him.

[@UmmYeahOk]

@@lynettepalecek3141 that’s right boomer. Those mean ol dirty liberals somehow prevented him from doing any good for the country. Who’s paying for that wall BTW? Your children and your children’s children. Only those in the top tax bracket pay 37% of their income. That’s hardly what they would have paid in 1956. The lower part of that tax bracket would have paid 78%! Those making over $200k a year, which would be over $1.9 million today, would have paid 91%! He, Bezos, Zukerberg, they would have all paid way more for that wall. You know how they got away with not having to pay as much back then? Raises, bonuses, reinvesting into the company (which increases the job market), donations, all of these things that Made America Great. Did Mr Trump help keep factories open in this country? Did he help increase jobs by giving corporations incentives to keep and create jobs here? China Tariffs? That actually did more harm than good. Besides, China isn’t the only country stealing jobs. While plants in the US were closing, new automotive plants were being built in Mexico. At least Biden wants to pay people to rebuild infrastructure. That’s something. Beats a stupid wall that clearly does nothing. And these tax dodgers, when you make that kind of money, you can find ways to avoid taxes like accepting stock instead of a higher salary. You can create charity funds that benefit family members. Lots of things the 1% does now that they didn’t really do in the 50s. People who make billions of dollars a year, being taxed the same as $518k, and only 5% more than people making $163k

[@buck546]

I was born in 1954 and grew up out in the country. Life was hard for my family because jobs were hard to find but life was good. No phone, no TV, just playing outdoors in the fields and woods. I am sad that my Grandchildren will not experience the innocence of life that I did being a child. Back then the biggest challenge you had as a child was your home work. I never know what a problem was until I reached eighteen.

[@dawnbenchley7237]

I was born in 1956.

[@RichardinNC1]

My parents started out in a little town in WV. My older sister was born in 1956. It was 3 1/2 years later for me. To me it seemed that most folks didn't have color TVs until the mid to late 60s. At least in the small towns we lived in.

[@markgrove2030]

I'm a 52er folks but wanted to mention the TV angle a bit. We actually got our first TV in 1956. A chassis almost the size of a kitchen stove and a 12"(?) B&W screen. We were NOT to watch during supper but in a very few instances. I love all these RR videos; please keep em coming. Do one about the huge Polio scare; the "Covid" of the 50s. Quite a story....

[@a.a.p1952]

It didn’t take America to go downhill fast.

[@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu]

the downfall began with Kennedy and sharply sped up with LBJ

[@matrox]

I missed 56' by a few months. But all is not lost because 57' was just as good!

[@dcasper8514]

Yes ...good years until the '60's & beatniks.

[@robmcgowan4034]

I missed it by 5 month (born May '57) but interestingly "started" my life 9 months earlier; the same month Jackson Pollock's tragically ended. Another interesting thing is that the 4 years I was in high school (1971-'75) makes our class (nationwide) to actually have had 9th grade pre-Watergate and 12th 'post'. Unfortunately, the great post World War II economy (1946-'72) ended in '73, forever. Stagnant wages w/rampant inflation, CEO pay, income disparity that's only gotten worse in the nearly 50 years since, gas price worries has been the lasting legacy of the '70s. A decade that otherwise has not a trace left other than the awesome music, TV shows and memories of it we still have.

[@m.e.d.7997]

The highest number of births was in 1957 for the baby boomer years.

[@hubertwalters4300]

I remember the 1957 Chevrolets,a friend of our family bought one brand new, I remember riding in it,bought one myself in 1967,keapt it 4yrs then sold it.

[@matrox]

@@hubertwalters4300 My uncle was a Korean war vet, his first car was a 57 Chevy he bought brand new.

[@musicman8270]

I too was born in 1956. So was Forbidden Planet, Invasion of the body snatchers, and Earth vs the flying saucers. No wonder I'm a sci-fi fan.

[@johnthonig8832]

1955 here Watch Season 53, Episode 50 of 60 Minutes. UFOs are discussed, or UAPs, as they are called now. 😄✌️👍

[@opathe2nd973]

Born is 56! I graduated from high school in 56 and it was the greatest or we would say AceQualityPlus!!!! That was music, sports and drive-ins. Good times

[@ObsessedCollector]

1956 saw Topps buy out Bowman and was the final year of the larger cards. 1957 began the modern size trading card!

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Wasn’t there a large Topps set in 65 . I believe with a Namath rookie .

[@ObsessedCollector]

@@cheaplaughkennedy2318 yes 1965 football, 1969, 1970 basketball and I think 1964 hockey

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

@@ObsessedCollector didn’t know , interesting, thanks 👍

[@konstantyk.3320]

Glaringly missing is hysteria over the death of James Dean -- LIFE magazine did an article called "Delirium Over Dead Star" LOOK mag also did an extensive report w/beautiful cover pic of JD in Giant his last movie...All through 1956 and 1957 movie mags etc. covered the staggering loss of Rebel James Dean whose brilliant talent set the mode for actors for decades to come....A LEGEND beyond compare to this day.

[@daphnemiller6767]

Don't even know how many times I've watched Rebel Without Cause!

[@MrJackmandew]

Year I was born..it was a very good year

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

These are always too short. I love watching them though. I was 4 years old when all this was going on!

[@robertligeza237]

The good old times not the s*** we live in now

[@rodneyfoster9719]

@SnoopyDoo Quit whining.

[@stupidd6513]

...unless you were black, gay, atheist, female.....

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@stupidd6513 Get lost you troll.

[@stupidd6513]

@@lynettepalecek3141 Truth hurts, doesn't it, boomer Karen?

[@carlkaufman2429]

Nice thought but nonsense.

[@cynthiataylor8271]

Born in 1955 I do remember some of the show