Historical Events In 1955

Nov 12   On this day in history 1st West German officers sworn in  

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

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   On this day in history lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65  

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   Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish premier (1944-47), dies at 88 in the year 1955.  

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

Nov 18   In the year 1955 bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight  

Nov 18   In the year 1955 bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight  

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

Nov 20   Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ on this day in history.  

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

Nov 22   On this day in history joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer, dies at 91  

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

Nov 23   On this day in history 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   Race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states in the year 1955.  

Nov 26   On this day in history "Boy Friend" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 483 performances  

Nov 27   In the year 1955 arthur Oscar Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies at 63  

Nov 28   KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting in the year 1955.  

Nov 29   Turkish government of Menderes resigns in the year 1955.  

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

Nov 30   On this day in history josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59  

Dec 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 03   In the year 1955 kTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting  

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

Dec 05   In the year 1955 aFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president  

Dec 05   On this day in history paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73  

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   In the year 1955 birth of cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere)  

Jan 03   In the year 1955 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   Sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy) was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 08   Mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy) was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 08   In the year 1955 birth of spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer  

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

Jan 04   Dominicus Johner, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1955.  

Jan 07   In the year 1955 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 in the year 1955.  

Jan 16   Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch min (1908-13), dies on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.