Historical Events In 1955

Feb 19   On this day in history south East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect  

Feb 20   Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open in the year 1955.  

Feb 22   British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail in the year 1955.  

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

Feb 23   In the year 1955 paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86  

Feb 24   "Silk Stockings" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 461 performances on this day in history.  

Feb 24   In the year 1955 pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed  

Feb 24   On this day in history 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   The first aviator to bail out at supersonic speed - G F Smith on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Tom Howard, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66 in the year 1955.  

Mar 01   Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 02   King Norodom Sihanukh of Cambodia succeeded by his father on this day in history.  

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

Mar 04   The first radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 06   Dutch premiere of Samuel Becketts' "Waiting for Godot" in the year 1955.  

Mar 07   7th Emmy Awards Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas &Loretta Young in the year 1955.  

Mar 07   7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young in the year 1955.  

Mar 07   In the year 1955 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas &Loretta Young  

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   On this day in history uSSR signs peace treaty with France & Great-Britain  

Mar 07   On this day in history west Europe Union established  

Mar 08   In the year 1955 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   Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 in the year 1955.  

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   Maharajadhiraja Tribhuvana Bir Bikram Yung Bahadur Shum Shere, dies in the year 1955.  

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Jan 02   Tex Brashear, American voice actor was born in the year 1955.  

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   On this day in history birth of kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)  

Jan 04   Mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1955 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   In the year 1955 death of jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated  

Jan 04   Dominicus Johner, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Gerald Hartigan, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 5 Tests 1911-14), dies on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch min (1908-13), dies  

Jan 17   J A Veraart, economist, dies at 68 in the year 1955.  

Jan 21   Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59 on this day in history.