Scene from Hungarian Revolution, 1956
Events of 1956:
Hungarian revolution crushed
Khrushchev denounces Stalin’s excesses
Morocco gains independence
U.S. tests the first aerial hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll
NY Yankees win World Series
Top Song: Memories Are Made of This by Dean Martin
Best Movie Oscar: Around the World in 80 Days
Most popular TV show: I Love Lucy
Mykola Petrusha weds Sonia Krochmal
My parents married in Chicago on February 12, 1956. (Wedding photos here.) They moved to Detroit, where they lived with my grandmother and Uncle Mike in a flat in Hamtramck. Below are a few photos from their first year, taken during a visit to my aunt and uncle in Wisconsin.
