The first Eurovision, in 1956, had just seven countries, each singing two songs.
The host, Switzerland, won, and juries were still allowed to vote for their own entries.
More amazing facts
- 1955 Einstein's brain weighed 1,230 grams, well within the normal human range.
- 1955 The Guinness Book of Records was created to settle pub arguments.
- 1956 In autumn 1956 the world watched two crises at once: the Anglo-French landing at the Suez Canal and Soviet tanks in Budapest.
- 1956 The 1956 Melbourne Olympics were partly held in Stockholm.
- 1956 · 1957 Both Play-Doh and bubble wrap began as wallpaper products.
- 1956 · 1960 The implantable pacemaker came from grabbing the wrong resistor.