Historical Events In 1955

Sep 22   Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad in the year 1955.  

Sep 24   On this day in history "Catch a Star" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances  

Sep 24   On this day in history pres Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver  

Sep 25   On this day in history detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ  

Sep 26   NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929 in the year 1955.  

Sep 27   On this day in history henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71  

Sep 28   Arthur Donaldson, dies in the year 1955.  

Sep 30   James Dean actor and singer was killed in car crash on this day in history.  

Sep 30   On this day in history james Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in a car crash at age 24  

Oct 01   "Honeymooners" premieres in the year 1955.  

Oct 01   On this day in history commissioning of USS Forrestal (CVA-59), first of postwar supercarriers  

Oct 02   "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on Television on this day in history.  

Oct 02   On this day in history o B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies  

Oct 03   On this day in history "Captain Kangaroo" premieres  

Oct 03   In the year 1955 "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain!  

Oct 03   Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea on this day in history.  

Oct 04   Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies in the year 1955.  

Oct 04   Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7 in the year 1955.  

Oct 04   Rev Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul on this day in history.  

Oct 06   LSD made illegal in US in the year 1955.  

Oct 07   On this day in history aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched  

Oct 08   Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, Saratoga (US), launched in the year 1955.  

Oct 09   Alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65 in the year 1955.  

Oct 10   In the year 1955 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 5,439 people  

Oct 11   In the year 1955 all Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina  

Oct 12   -13] Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia & Maryland in the year 1955.  

Oct 13   1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris on this day in history.  

Oct 15   Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Oct 17   Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel on this day in history.  

Oct 18   In the year 1955 jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72  

Oct 18   In the year 1955 track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete  

Oct 18   On this day in history track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete  

Oct 19   In the year 1955 john Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Next Page »

Jan 02   In the year 1955 birth of tex Brashear, American voice actor  

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

Jan 03   Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   Mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl) was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 07   Sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy)  

Jan 08   Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history death of jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated  

Jan 04   In the year 1955 dominicus Johner, composer, dies at 80  

Jan 07   Gerald Hartigan, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 5 Tests 1911-14), dies in the year 1955.  

Jan 11   In the year 1955 rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa Minister of Defense, dies at 72  

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

Jan 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59