Historical Events In 1955

Feb 19   South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect in the year 1955.  

Feb 20   Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open on this day in history.  

Feb 22   In the year 1955 british aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail  

Feb 23   Edgar Faure forms French government in the year 1955.  

Feb 23   Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Feb 24   In the year 1955 "Silk Stockings" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 461 performances  

Feb 24   Pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed in the year 1955.  

Feb 24   In the year 1955 the birth of Alain Prost, French Formula 1 racing driver  

Feb 25   Marij Kogoj, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1955.  

Feb 26   "Peter Pan" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 149 performances on this day in history.  

Feb 26   In the year 1955 the first aviator to bail out at supersonic speed - G F Smith  

Feb 27   On this day in history betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open  

Feb 27   Tom Howard, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Mar 01   On this day in history israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48  

Mar 01   In the year 1955 pakistan vs India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw  

Mar 02   On this day in history king Norodom Sihanukh of Cambodia succeeded by his father  

Mar 03   A truck driver from Tupelo, MS made his first TV appearance. Elvis Aron Presley was featured on "Louisiana Hayride" in the year 1955.  

Mar 04   In the year 1955 the first radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent  

Mar 05   Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show on this day in history.  

Mar 05   On this day in history elvis Presley's first TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show  

Mar 06   Dutch premiere of Samuel Becketts' "Waiting for Godot" on this day in history.  

Mar 07   On this day in history 7th Emmy Awards Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas &Loretta Young  

Mar 07   7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young on this day in history.  

Mar 07   7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas &Loretta Young on this day in history.  

Mar 07   Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised in the year 1955.  

Mar 07   In the year 1955 tom Dugan, actor (Pick a Star), dies at 66  

Mar 07   USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great-Britain on this day in history.  

Mar 07   In the year 1955 west Europe Union established  

Mar 08   On this day in history clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82  

Mar 09   In the year 1955 matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88  

Mar 11   In the year 1955 alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73  

Mar 12   In the year 1955 charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC  

Mar 13   Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal in the year 1955.  

Mar 13   In the year 1955 maharajadhiraja Tribhuvana Bir Bikram Yung Bahadur Shum Shere, dies  

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated died in the year 1955.  

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

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   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 in the year 1955.  

Jan 17   On this day in history j A Veraart, economist, dies at 68  

Jan 21   In the year 1955 maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59