Page 13: Historical Events In 1955
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
Oct 20 "No Time for Sergeants" opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith in the year 1955.
Oct 20 Day-O is released by Harry Belafonte. It was later renamed to The Banana Boat Song on this day in history.
Oct 20 Eino Roiha, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1955.
Oct 21 Roy Minnett, cricketer (Australian all-rounder prior to WW I), dies in the year 1955.
Oct 22 On this day in history wWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
Oct 23 In the year 1955 dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time
Oct 26 On this day in history 1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published
Oct 26 Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1955.
Oct 26 In the year 1955 ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres
Oct 27 Argentine peso devalued in the year 1955.
Oct 27 Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees), dies at 85 on this day in history.
Oct 28 Egypt & Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty in the year 1955.
Oct 29 In the year 1955 belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)
Oct 30 Imtiaz Ahmed scores 209 v NZ, the record for a no 8 batsman on this day in history.
Oct 31 In the year 1955 mgr Alfrink appointed archbishop of Utrecht
Nov 01 Time bomb aboard United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont Colorado on this day in history.
Nov 01 On this day in history w H van Eemlandt, [Haasse], author (Treasure Hunter of Amstel), dies
Nov 02 Clarton-Schwerdt & Schaffer discover polio virus on this day in history.
Nov 03 Alabama woman bruised by a meteor on this day in history.
Nov 03 In the year 1955 australia takes control of the Cocos Islands
Nov 04 In the year 1955 the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio after it was totally destroyed in World War II.
Nov 05 In the year 1955 mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds)
Nov 05 In the year 1955 new Vienna Opera house opens (Austria)
Nov 06 On this day in history 11th Ryder Cup: US, 8-4 at Thunderbird Ranch & CC Calif
Nov 06 Charley Toorop, [Annie CP Fernhout-Toorop], Dutch painter, dies at 64 on this day in history.
Nov 07 In the year 1955 supreme Court of Balt bans segregation in public recreational areas
Nov 07 Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational areas in the year 1955.
Nov 09 In the year 1955 a Sikorsky HR2S helicopter, at Windsor Locks, Conn., carried a payload of 11,050 pounds to an altitude over 12,000 feet
Nov 09 In the year 1955 michael Gazzo's "Hatful of Rain," premieres in NYC
Nov 09 Tom Powers, actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65 in the year 1955.
Nov 10 On this day in history "Vamp" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 60 performances
Nov 10 A Sikorsky HR2S helicopter, at Windsor Locks, Conn., carried 13,250 pounds to over 7,000 feet in the year 1955.
Nov 11 A Sikorsky HR2S helicopter, at Windsor Locks, Conn., set a speed record of 162.7 m.p.h. over a three-kilometer course in the year 1955.
Nov 11 On this day in history john Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87
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