Why did Elvis Presley take the nation by storm in 1956? It might have been his voice – deep, rich and, evidently, incredibly sexy to teenage girls with disposable income. It might have been his looks ...
African-American maid prepares a white family's supper in Greenville, SC, 1956.Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images In late 1956, over the course of several months, LIFE ...
Budapest, September 1956: A young man in a casual greenish suit and rough boots walked into the Indian Embassy at Rozsa Dom in Buda and asked to see the Charge d’Affaires. Thirty-four-year old Mohamed ...