Page 14: 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   The first live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba on this day in history.   

Nov 14   Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59 in the year 1955.   

Nov 15   In the year 1955 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) in the year 1955.   

Nov 16   In the year 1955 first speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D.M. Campbell)   

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   Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight on this day in history.   

Nov 18   Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight in the year 1955.   

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

Nov 20   In the year 1955 kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ   

Nov 21   Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron on this day in history.   

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   British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia in the year 1955.   

Nov 24   In the year 1955 1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship   

Nov 25   In the year 1955 race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states   

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

Nov 27   Arthur Oscar Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies at 63 in the year 1955.   

Nov 28   KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Nov 29   On this day in history turkish government of Menderes resigns   

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

Nov 30   Josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1955.   

Dec 01   Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to back of the bus in the year 1955.   

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   In the year 1955 the first remote-control railroad passenger car went into service on this day   

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

Dec 04   On this day in history mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht   

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   In the year 1955 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   

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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   In the year 1955 birth of palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)   

Jan 04   Kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) was born in the year 1955.   

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 in the year 1955.   

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

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

Jan 07   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history yves Tanguy, French/American sailor/surrealistic painter, dies   

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

Jan 17   In the year 1955 j A Veraart, economist, dies at 68   

Jan 21   Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59 in the year 1955.