Page 14: Historical Events In 1955

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

Nov 13   1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 15   On this day in history lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65   

Nov 15   On this day in history 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   On this day in history first speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D.M. Campbell)   

Nov 16   In the year 1955 tomasz Arciszewski, Polish premier (1944-47), dies at 88   

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

Nov 18   On this day in history bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight   

Nov 18   On this day in history bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight   

Nov 19   KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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

Nov 21   In the year 1955 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   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

Nov 23   In the year 1955 british transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia   

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   "Boy Friend" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 483 performances in the year 1955.   

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 in the year 1955.   

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

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   In the year 1955 rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to back of the bus   

Dec 01   On this day in history 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.   

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   In the year 1955 paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73   

Dec 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of tex Brashear, American voice actor   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) was born in the year 1955.   

Jan 04   In the year 1955 birth of mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl)   

Jan 07   In the year 1955 birth of sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy)   

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 in the year 1955.   

Jan 02   Jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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 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 in the year 1955.