Historical Events In 1955

Nov 12   1st West German officers sworn in in the year 1955.   

Nov 13   1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba in the year 1955.   

Nov 13   In the year 1955 the first live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba   

Nov 14   Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Nov 15   Lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65 in the year 1955.   

Nov 15   In the year 1955 poland & Yugoslavia sign trade agreement   

Nov 16   1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D M Campbell) on this day in history.   

Nov 16   First speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D.M. Campbell) in the year 1955.   

Nov 16   On this day in history tomasz Arciszewski, Polish premier (1944-47), dies at 88   

Nov 17   On this day in history james Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64   

Nov 18   Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight on this day in history.   

Nov 18   Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight in the year 1955.   

Nov 19   In the year 1955 kXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting   

Nov 20   In the year 1955 kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ   

Nov 21   On this day in history argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron   

Nov 22   Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Nov 22   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

Nov 23   In the year 1955 british transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia   

Nov 24   On this day in history 1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship   

Nov 25   On this day in history race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states   

Nov 26   "Boy Friend" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 483 performances in the year 1955.   

Nov 27   On this day in history arthur Oscar Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies at 63   

Nov 28   KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Nov 29   Turkish government of Menderes resigns on this day in history.   

Nov 30   In the year 1955 "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 245 performances   

Nov 30   In the year 1955 josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59   

Dec 01   In the year 1955 rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to back of the bus   

Dec 01   Rosa Parks, a black seamstress during segragation, refuses to give her bus seat to a white man, an event that sparked the Montgomery (Alabama) bus boycott, one of the critical events in the U.S. civil rights fight in the year 1955.   

Dec 01   The first remote-control railroad passenger car went into service on this day in the year 1955.   

Dec 03   KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Dec 04   Mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht in the year 1955.   

Dec 05   AFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president in the year 1955.   

Dec 05   Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Dec 05   The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), a federation of autonomous trade unions in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, is formed in the year 1955.   

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Jan 02   Tex Brashear, American voice actor was born in the year 1955.   

Jan 03   Cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere) was born in the year 1955.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy)   

Jan 08   In the year 1955 birth of mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy)   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer   

Jan 02   In the year 1955 death of jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated   

Jan 04   On this day in history dominicus Johner, composer, dies at 80   

Jan 07   On this day in history gerald Hartigan, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 5 Tests 1911-14), dies   

Jan 11   Rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa Minister of Defense, dies at 72 in the year 1955.   

Jan 15   Yves Tanguy, French/American sailor/surrealistic painter, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1955 jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch min (1908-13), dies   

Jan 17   J A Veraart, economist, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59 in the year 1955.