Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years: 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 - 1956 - 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Table of contents |
2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards/Prizes |
Events
Year in topic
Births
Deaths
Awards/Prizes
Winner of Eurovision Song Contest 1956: Lys Assia with Refrain
- Physics - William Bradford Shockley, John Bardeen, Walter Houser Brattain
- Chemistry - Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov
- Medicine - André Frédéric Cournand, Werner Forssmann, Dickinson W Richards
- Literature - Juan Ramón Jiménez
- Peace - not awarded\n