Historical Events In 1955
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Aug 20 First airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca on this day in history.
Aug 20 Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria in the year 1955.
Aug 25 Last Soviet forces leave Austria on this day in history.
Aug 26 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) on this day in history.
Aug 27 "Guinness Book of World Records" 1st published on this day in history.
Aug 27 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies in the year 1955.
Aug 28 In the year 1955 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17
Aug 28 Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi in the year 1955.
Aug 31 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx) on this day in history.
Aug 31 On this day in history the birth of Ed Moses, American track athlete
Aug 31 In the year 1955 the first microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)
Aug 31 The first sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill in the year 1955.
Sep 01 On this day in history philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61
Sep 02 KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
Sep 02 Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1955.
Sep 05 Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician on this day in history.
Sep 07 In the year 1955 earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81
Sep 07 In the year 1955 yankees Whitey Ford is 5th to throw consecutive 1-hitters, beats A's
Sep 08 In the year 1955 john de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69
Sep 10 In the year 1955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV
Sep 10 "Gunsmoke" premiers on CBS TV in the year 1955.
Sep 10 In the year 1955 robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70
Sep 10 In the year 1955 the western series Gunsmoke debuts on CBS-TV for the first of 20 seasons (whew!).
Sep 12 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86 on this day in history.
Sep 12 In the year 1955 kNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Sep 14 F C Weiskopf, writer, dies in the year 1955.
Sep 14 Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245) in the year 1955.
Sep 16 Bauer & Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st in the year 1955.
Sep 16 Leopold C M S Amery, Brit minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81 in the year 1955.
Sep 19 In the year 1955 argentine president Juan Peron, resigns & flees
Sep 19 Juan Peron, president of Argentina since 1946, was deposed and exiled in a military coup, in the year 1955.
Sep 21 Last allied occupying troops leave Austria in the year 1955.
Sep 22 In the year 1955 (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England
Sep 22 Commercial TV begins in England on this day in history.
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