The Number 56

by Rex
(St. Louis)

(1)Sargon/Nimrod reigned over Accad/Akkad/Agade for 56 years.

(2)There are 56 stones in Stonehenge's circle.

(3)Joseph was 56 years old when Jacob died.

(4)There were 56 people who signed the Declaration of Independence.

(5)Abraham Lincoln died at age 56.

(6)Adolf Hitler died at age 56.

(7)19-56 Israel fights its second war against the Arabs.

(8)From the end of World War II in 1945 to the terrorist attack upon the United States in 2001 is 56 years.
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One wonders what the number 56 means.