Page 12: Historical Events In 1955

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.   

Oct 07   Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched.   

Oct 08   Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, Saratoga (US), launched   

Oct 09   Alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65.   

Oct 10   The carrier Saipan with Helicopter Training Unit HTU-1 aboard, left Tampico, Mexico, after a week of disaster relief operations for the inhabitants of the area. During these operations, the helicopters rescued 5439 people   

Oct 11   All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina.   

Oct 12   -13] Hurricane Connie, results in the deaths of 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland.   

Oct 13   In this year, 1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris.   

Oct 15   Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41.   

Oct 17   Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel.   

Oct 18   Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72.   

Oct 18   Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete   

Oct 18   Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete   

Oct 19   John Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41   

Oct 20   "No Time for Sergeants" opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith   

Oct 20   Day-O is released by Harry Belafonte. It was later renamed to The Banana Boat Song   

Oct 20   Eino Roiha, composer, dies at 51   

Oct 21   Roy Minnett, cricketer (Australian all-rounder prior to WW I), dies   

Oct 22   WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting.   

Oct 23   Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time   

Oct 26   1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Next Page »

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,