156

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156 is an even whole number, following 155 and followed by 157.

List of numbers — Integers ← 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 →
Cardinal	One hundred [and] fifty-six
Ordinal	156th
Factorization
Divisors	1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 156
Roman numeral	CLVI
Binary	10011100
Hexadecimal	9C

In mathematics

It is a pronic number, a dodecagonal number, a refactorable number and a Harshad number.

156 is a repdigit in base 5 (1111).

In the military

• USNS Bull Run (T-AO-156) was a United States Navy T2 tanker during World War II
• USS Alamosa (AK-156) was a United States Navy cargo ship during World War II
• USS Captivate (AM-156) was a United States Navy Admirable class minesweeper during World War II
• USS City of Dalhart (IX-156) was a United States Navy ship during World War II
• USS General D. E. Aultman (AP-156) was a United States Navy General G. O. Squier class transport ship during World War II
• USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156) was a United States Navy Wickes class destroyer during World War II
• USS Luiseno (ATF-156) was a United States Navy Abnaki class fleet ocean tug during World War II
• USS Mellette (APA-156) was a United States Navy Haskell class attack transport during World War II
• USS Reeves (DE-156) was a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort during World War II
• USS Winchester (SP-156) was a United States Navy fast civilian yacht during World War I
• Convoy HX-156 was the 156th of the numbered series of World War II HX convoys of merchant ships from Halifa X to Liverpool during World War II
• The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch was a small German liaison aircraft during World War II
• The German submarine U-156

In music

• 156, a song by the Danish rock band Mew appearing in both their 2000 album Half the World Is Watching Me and their 2003 album Frengers.
• NM 156, a 1984 song by the heavy metal band Queensrÿche from the album The Warning

In sports

• Virginia Military Institute beat Columbia Union College 156-91 on November 28, 2007, setting a VMI basketball team record for margin of victory^[1]
• NFL quarterback Steve Bartkowski threw 156 touchdowns in his career from 1975 to 1986
• NFL quarterback Steve McNair threw 156 touchdowns with the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Oilers and Tennessee Titans. (He finished his career with the Baltimore Ravens in 2007 with 174 career TDs)
• Babe Ruth had 156 hits with the New York Yankees in 1932^[2]
• Alex Rodriguez hit 156 home runs with the Texas Rangers: 52 (2001); 57 (2002); and 47 (2003)
• Alex Rodriguez had 156 RBIs with the New York Yankees in 2007, the most in MLB that season

In transportation

• The Alfa Romeo 156 car produced from 1997 to 2006
• The Ferrari 156 was a racecar made by Ferrari from 1961 to 1963
• The Ferrari 156/85 was a Formula One car in the 1985 Formula One season
• The Class 156 "Super Sprinter" DMU train
• Midland Railway 156 Class is a 2-4-0 tender engine in the United Kingdom between 1866 to 1874
• London Buses route 156
• The Martin 156, known as the Russian clipper, was a large flying boat aircraft for transoceanic service
• Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, New York runs from 48th to 156th Street and Northern Boulevard
• Martin 156 was a large flying boat aircraft intended for transoceanic service
• U.S. Route 340 near Greenville, Virginia is 156 miles long
• Highways and routes numbered 156 include:
  • U.S. Route 156 existed from 1957 to 1982 as a spur of U.S. Route 56 in Kansas
  • Arkansas Highway 156
  • California State Route 156
  • Connecticut Route 156
  • Georgia State Route 156
  • Illinois Route 156
  • Indiana State Road 156
  • M-156 in Michigan
  • Minnesota State Highway 156
  • Missouri State Route 156
  • Nevada State Route 156
  • New Hampshire Route 156
  • New Jersey Route 156
  • New York State Route 156
  • Ohio State Route 156
  • Oklahoma State Highway 156
  • Pennsylvania Route 156
  • Texas State Highway 156
  • Virginia State Route 156
  • Wisconsin Highway 156
  • Puerto Rico Highway 156
  • Route 156 runs between Tignish and Miminegash in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  • Federal Route 156 is a major federal road in Kedah, Malaysia
  • National Route 156 is a national highway of Japan connecting Gifu, Gifu and Takaoka, Toyama in Japan

In TV and radio

• Foreign Intrigue ran on NBC from 1951 to 1955 with 156 episodes
• December Bride ran on CBS from 1954 to 1959 with 156 episodes
• Highway Patrol was syndicated on TV from 1955 to 1959 with 156 episodes
• The Australian television series Autumn Affair ran on the Seven Network from 1958 to 1959 with 156 episodes
• The Twilight Zone ran on CBS from 1959 to 1964 with 156 episodes
• The Lucy Show ran on CBS from 1962 to 1968 with 156 episodes
• The TV series The West Wing ran on NBC from 1999 to 2006 with 156 episodes, including an extra episode
• The live-action/puppet television series The Adventures of Rupert Bear aired in the United Kingdom on the ITV network from 1970 to 1977 with 156 episodes
• The Summer of George, the 156th episode of the TV sitcom Seinfeld, originally aired on May 15, 1997
• Channel 156 on Sirius Satellite Radio is San Francisco/Seattle traffic and weather
• Channel 156 on XM Radio is Oprah & Friends

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^[3]
• 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^[4]
• 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

See also

• List of highways numbered 156
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 156
• United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 156
• Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 156
• United States v. E. C. Knight Co., 156 U.S. 1 (1895)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 156 (number)

• The Number 156
• 156th Street (3rd Avenue El)

References

1. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2007-11-28-791595176_x.htm
2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ruthba01.shtml
3. ^ http://lifeboat.com/ex/asteroid.shield
4. ^ See The Gold Diggers (1923 film)