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Vladimir Kuts of Russia wins the Olympic 5,000-meter event at Melbourne, Nov. 28, 1956 setting a new Olympic record time of 13 minutes, 39.6 seconds....

Parry O'Brien of USA in action during the final of the Olympic shot put event which he won at the Melbourne Summer Olympics on November 28, 1956. (AP...

American athletes show their medals after a sweeping victory in the 110-meter hurdles in the finals of Olympic competition in Melbourne, Australia, No...

Three United States discus throwers who took top honors in the event proudly display their medals after the award ceremony. Left to right: third pla...

Three United States discus throwers who took top honors in the discus event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, display their medals...

Al Oerter is shown here during the discus event, taking top honors with a throw of 184 feet, 10-1/2 inches at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, A...

A very dejected John B. Kelly, Jr. sits in his craft after coming in third in the Summer Olympic games single sculls final in Ballarat November 27, 1...

Al Oerter, 438, of the United States is shown Nov. 27, 1956 in action in the discus event in which he took top honors. His toss of 56.36 meters set a...

Ademar Ferreira Da Silva of Brazil flies through the air during the final hop, step, and jump event of the Melbourne Olympics on Nov. 27, 1956. Da Si...

Australian Betty Cuthbert (468) crosses the finish line at the end of the women's 100-meter run November 26, 1956, with a time of 11.5 seconds equalin...

Vladimir Kuts of Russia breaks the tape as he wins the 10,000-meter run at Olympic Stadium, Melbourne, Australia, November 23, 1956. (AP Photo)

Harold Connolly of Boston, Mass., lets the hammer fly for a throw of 207 feet, 3 1/2 inches at the Olympic Games, Melbourne, Australia, November 24, 1...

Victors in hammer throw events at1956 Olympic games show their medals after receiving them at Melbourne, Australia, November 24, 1956. They are: Unit...

Congratulations on the podium after winning the hammer throw event during the 1956 summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia today. Winner is Harold Co...

American Bobby Morrow (55) crosses the finish line of the men's 100-meter race in 10.5 secs. equaling an Olympic record during the Summer Olympics in...

Charles Vinci, of York, Pa., bantamweight weight lifter is shown Nov. 23, 1956 displaying the first gold medal won by the United States in the Olympic...

Russia's Vladimir Kuts (200) is closely followed by Britain's Gordon Pirie (189) during the 10,000-meter final at the Olympic Stadium November 23, 195...

Soviet single sculls ace Viktor Ivanov is shown during a training session at Ballarat, 70 miles from Melbourne, Australia November 20, 1956. The rowi...

Vladimir Kuts of Russia trains at Melbourne's Olympic Village, November 18, 1956. He holds the world record for 10,000-meter run at 28.30.4. (AP Pho...

Vladimir Kuts, Russian track star and 5,000-meter entry, speeds over the training track at Melbourne's University grounds November 17, 1956, during tr...

This is a November 1956 photo of the actress Elizabeth Taylor. (AP Photo)

Norman Read, New Zealand, crosses the finish line to win the 50-kilometer walk-race with a time of 4 hours, 30 minutes and 42.8 seconds in the 16th O...

Gavel-banging Harry Truman calls for order so that he can get on with his seconding speech after Harriman's name was placed before the Democratic Conv...

Vladimir Kuts of Russia waves his arms in victory after winning the 10,000-meter race in 28 minutes, 27.8 seconds on the opening day, August 5, 1956 o...

Actress Kim Novak's mother, Mrs. Joseph Novak, brushes her hair during a stopover by the young movie star in Chicago, August 6, 1956. (AP Photo)

This is an August 1956 photo of Adlai Stevenson, the democratic presidential candidate from Illinois. (AP Photo)

This is an August 1956 photo of Herbert Hoover speaking at the 1956 Republican convention in San Francisco. (AP Photo)

This is an August 1956 photo of poet Carl Sandburg, sitting outside of his home. (AP Photo)

Anthony Quinn plays the role of Quasimodo in the filming of Victor Hugo's classic

A July 1956 photo of songwriter Johnny Mercer. (AP Photo)

This is a June 27, 1956 photo of composer Aaron Copland. (AP Photo)

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This sequence of pictures show how Lt. Parry O'Brien of the Air Forces has revolutionized shot putting technique with a complete body reverse that has...

Henri de St. Cyr of Sweden, winner of the Olympic gold medal in the Dressage event of the Equestrian Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, parades around the...

Sweden's Henri St. Cyr on Juli takes salute after winning an Olympic Gold Medal in individual Dressage at Stockholm on June 16, 1956. The other summer...

A June 13, 1956 photo of Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator from Texas. (AP Photo)

Ron Delany, left, an exchange student from Ireland at Villanova, cracks the four-minute mile as he beats Gunnar Nielsen (2) of Denmark in the Compton...

Kim Novak, right, talks with actress Anna Magnani, during the filming of the movie

Cuban army forces, April 30, 1956, crushed an attack by approximately 70 civilian rebels on the army base at Matansas City, 60 miles east of Havana, C...

Bodies of rebels, lie beside their truck outside the Domingo Goicuria Army Barracks near the city of Matanzas, 60 miles east of Havana, Cuba, after be...

Illustrating why she was dubbed the

Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers steals home in second inning of April 25, 1956 night game with the New York Giants at New York's Polo Grounds....

Semi-general view of Athens from the Acropolis. The columns in center right of the photo are what remain of the Temple of Zeus. Also in the photo, sl...

French actress Brigitte Bardot steps into a milk bath while filming the comedy

A car decorated for the Batista Day Parade honoring President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba, rolls down the street March 24, 1956, in Daytona Beach, Flori...

"Hot Rod" Hudley, West Virginia scoring Ace, moves the basketball behind his hip as he sets up a play in the second half against St. John's at Madison...

Police Lt. Beavers Armstrong places a segregation sign in front of the Illinois Central Railroad Jan. 9, 1956, after the railroad removed segregation...

A billowing parachute drags actor James Stewart through stones and tumbleweed during the filming of a scene January 4, 1956, for

Aerial View of Olympic Village at Heidelberg, nine miles from Melbourne, Australia, in 1956. (AP Photo)

This is a 1956 photo of Kirk Douglas with actress Elsa Martinelli during a fishing trip. (AP Photo)