2 Big Events in September 1956 FROM HIP SHAKING TO HARD DRIVES
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While many notable events took place during the month of September back in 1956, there were two events that
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had a significant impact on history and American culture — an impact that is still felt today.
On Sept. 9, 1956 , Elvis Presley made his first
appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” The American public tuned
in in droves with 60 million people watching Presley’s performance. At the time, this represented 82% of people with TVs in the United States. Those who remember the broadcast may recall that Presley was mostly filmed from the waist up. Network producers wanted to avoid televising Presley’s signature hip gyrations. During the broadcast, Presley performed “Love Me Tender,” which was set to debut as a single on Sept. 28, 1956. Ahead of its release, the single garnered over 1 million presales — far more than any other record in history. Needless to say, this was a turning point in Presley’s career. He was on his way to superstardom. On Sept. 14, 1956 , the first hard disk drive, the IBM 350, hit the market. The hard drive was made for the IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) computer. It measured 5-feet tall, weighed about one ton, and leased for about $3,200 a month. The Zellerbach Paper Company and United Airlines were among the first companies to use this technology. The drive and its accompanying computer were used for, as the name suggests, accounting. The drive was made up of a stack of 50 metal disks, each 24 inches across. In total, the drive could store the equivalent of 3.75 MB (megabytes) of data. By today’s standards, many digital photographs are about that size for just one image. Hard drives today are designed to hold terabytes of information — thousands of times more data than the IBM 350. Plus, many hard drives are now smaller than a pack of gum.
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