#1956 olympics

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Found slide: Olympic Games street decorations at night, intersection of Bourke and Swanston Street, Naarm Melbourne, December 1956. Photo by John W Smith

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Swedish high jumper Gunhild Larking at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia

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Gunhild Larking, 1956 Olympic Games

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Agnes Keleti won a total of five gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki and the 1956 Games in Melbourne / Keleti family, via Associated Press

Growing up in a Jewish family in Budapest, Agnes Keleti was immersed in sports and the world of music. She took gymnastics lessons, swam and played the cello.

Then darkness descended.

Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, marking the start of World War II in Europe. The Nazis occupied Hungary in 1944 and deported hundreds of thousands of its Jews to death camps, among them Keleti’s father, Ferenc Klein, who died at Auschwitz.

Using papers she bought that identified her as a Christian girl, Keleti survived the war, working as a maid and a munitions worker. Her mother, Rosza, and her sister, Vera, also survived.

When the war ended, Keleti began rebuilding her life and turned once more to gymnastics.

Competing in her 30s against far younger athletes, she won a total of five gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki and the 1956 Games in Melbourne. She settled in Israel in 1957, played a major role in building its gymnastics programs

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Tenley Albright at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina-d'Ampezzo

The Winter Olympics: an insider's guide to the legends, the lore, and the game (Vancouver Edition) by Ron C. Judd

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US Vogue June 1956

Alongside the famous Thoroughbred "Rising Fast" and the no less famous Australian jockey, Bill Williamson, a model wearing a red worsted Jasco suit. By Marquise. John frederics hat.

Aux côtés du célèbre pur sang "Rising Fast" et du non moins célèbre jockey australien, Bill Williamson , un modèle portant un tailleur rouge en laine peignée Jasco. Par Marquise. Chapeau de John frederics.

Photo Laurence Le Guay

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Jack of clubs

Q: Why were the (1956) Summer Olympics held in two places?

A: Quarantine laws for Olympic horses caused the equestrian events to be held in Stockholm.

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Wilma Glodean Rudolph by Paul Collins

 American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games

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Found slide: The Canberra leg of the Olympic Torch relay, on its way to Melbourne, approaches the Australian Capital Territory border at Sutton, Ngunnawal and Ngambri country, 19 November 1956 (photographer unknown)

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Australian medley relay swim team - Melbourne Olympics, 1956

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Swedish high jumper Gunhild Larking at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia

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Jim Bailey as Barbara Streisand on the Carol Burnett Show. Jim Bailey was a late night TV fixture with his spot-on impersonations of Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Phyllis Diller, and Mae West.

(Jim Bailey with Barbara Streisand)

In 1973, he did a Las Vegas show "The Judy and Liza Show" starring alongside the real Liza Minelli. In 1978, he brought his Barbara impersonation to Super Bowl XII. In 1984, he performed at the opening ceremonies at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics.

The first drag queen to make regular appearances on TV was celebrity impersonator TC Jones on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956, but I haven't been able to find much information about Jones outside of newspaper clippings.

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Agnes Keleti, World’s Oldest Olympic Champion, Dies at 103 - The New York Times

Rest in peace to this outstanding woman ❤️. She survived through the Holocaust, first competed at the 1952 Olympics at the age of 31 (well over the age of retirement for gymnasts), and also at the 1956 Olympics at the age of 35, where she was the most successful athlete. In total, she won 10 medals, including five gold, three silver and two bronze.

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17 June 1956: The Queen, Princess Margaret, Prince Henry and Princess Alice of Gloucester, alongside other members of the British Royal Household attended the Equestrian Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Medley Relay Team, 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games: Gary Chapman / Murray Rose / Kevin O'Halloran / Jon Henrichs