Page 11: Historical Events In 1955

Sep 10   Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70.   

Sep 10   The western series Gunsmoke debuts on CBS-TV for the inaugural of 20 seasons (whew!)   

Sep 12   Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86   

Sep 12   KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting.   

Sep 14   F C Weiskopf, writer, dies.   

Sep 14   Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245).   

Sep 16   Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st.   

Sep 16   Leopold C M S Amery, Brit minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81.   

Sep 19   Argentine president Juan Peron, steps down and flees.   

Sep 19   Juan Peron, president of Argentina since 1946, was deposed and exiled in a military coup,.   

Sep 21   Last allied occupying troops leave Austria   

Sep 22   (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England   

Sep 22   Commercial TV begins in England   

Sep 22   Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9   

Sep 23   Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad   

Sep 24   "Catch a Star" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances.   

Sep 24   Pres Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver   

Sep 25   Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ   

Sep 26   NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929.   

Sep 27   Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71.   

Sep 28   Arthur Donaldson, dies   

Sep 30   James Dean actor and singer was killed in car crash.   

Sep 30   James Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in a car crash at age 24   

Oct 01   "Honeymooners" premieres.   

Oct 01   Commissioning of USS Forrestal (CVA-59), inaugural of postwar supercarriers   

Oct 02   "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on Television   

Oct 02   O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies.   

Oct 03   "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain!.   

Oct 03   "Captain Kangaroo" premieres.   

Oct 03   Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea.   

Oct 04   Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies   

Oct 04   Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7.   

Oct 04   Rev Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul.   

Oct 06   LSD made illegal in US.   

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Jan 02   Tex brashear: American voice actor   

Jan 03   Cynthia sykes: Coffeyville ky, actress (flamingo road, st elsewhere)   

Jan 03   Palmolive: English musician (the slits, the raincoats)   

Jan 04   Kathy forester: Lookout mt ga, country singer (forester sister-men)   

Jan 04   Mark hollis: English pop musician (talk talk, dum dum girl)   

Jan 07   Sandra bernhard: Arizona (follow that bird, king of comedy)   

Jan 08   Mike reno: Vancouver bc canada, rock vocalist (loverboy)   

Jan 08   Spiros livathinos: Greek footballer   

Jan 02   Jose antonio remon: President of panama (1952-55), assassinated   

Jan 04   Dominicus johner: Composer,    

Jan 07   Gerald hartigan: Cricketer (s afr batsman in 5 tests 1911-14),   

Jan 11   Rodolfo graziani: Italian east-africa minister of defense,   

Jan 15   Yves tanguy: French/american sailor/surrealistic painter,    

Jan 16   Jonkheer reneke de marees van swinderen: Dutch min (1908-13),   

Jan 17   J a veraart: Economist,    

Jan 21   Maarten p vrij: Dutch lawyer/criminologist/high council,