156 (number) - in Other Fields

In Other Fields

156 is also:

• The year AD 156 or 156 BC
• 156 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 772 – 773 CE
• A 156-mile wide crater formed by an asteroid may have hit Earth 1.8 billion years ago, according to researchers from the University of Toronto and Geological Survey of Canada
• 156 Xanthippe is a main belt asteroid with a dark surface
• The number of hourly gongs a clock strikes in one day (78 AM gongs and 78 PM gongs)
• The number of sons of Magbish in the Census of the men of Israel upon return from exile (Holy Bible, Ezra 2:30)
• United States DS-156 visa issued for U.S. Department of State Nonimmigrant Visa Application
• Djibouti ranks #156 in world population
• The atomic number of an element temporarily called Unpenthexium
• The ABC No Rio social center is located at 156 Rivington Street in New York City
• The Indian Head No. 156, Saskatchewan rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
• Hong Kong transferred its sovereignty to the People's Republic of China on July 1, 1997, ending 156 years of British colony rule
• Actress Louise Beavers appeared in 156 films
• U.S. towns with a population of 156 in the 2000 census include:
  • Antoine, Arkansas
  • Brook Park, Minnesota
  • Burlington, Oklahoma
  • Cleveland, Nebraska
  • Dublin, Minnesota
  • Elk River, Idaho
  • Fairview, Kentucky
  • Fall River, Kansas
  • Kabetogema, Minnesota
  • Kenton Vale, Kentucky
  • Montrose, West Virginia
  • Parrott, Georgia
  • Silvercreek, Nebraska
  • St. Charles, Idaho
  • Winifred, Montana
  • Max, Minnesota