Page 4: Historical Events In 1955

Mar 16   Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge   

Mar 16   Josephine Kroesen appointed as inaugural Dutch female judge   

Mar 16   Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75   

Mar 16   President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war.   

Mar 18   I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan   

Mar 19   17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63.   

Mar 19   17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63   

Mar 19   17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats La Salle 77-63.   

Mar 19   Bruce Willis, American actor is born   

Mar 20   KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting.   

Mar 21   Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece.   

Mar 21   Muriel Aked, dies at 67.   

Mar 24   1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service   

Mar 24   British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years   

Mar 24   Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances   

Mar 24   The inaugural seagoing oil drill rig placed in service.   

Mar 25   East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, USSR   

Mar 26   "Ballad of Davy Crockett", is recorded as becoming the #1 record in US.   

Mar 26   "Ballad of Davy Crockett," is recorded as becoming the #1 record in US.   

Mar 27   9th Tony Awards: Desperate Hours and Pajama Game win   

Mar 27   Steve McQueen makes his network TV debut (Goodyear Playhouse)   

Mar 28   Country singer Reba McEntire born this day   

Mar 28   New Zealand cricket all out for 26 vs England at Eden Park.   

Mar 28   NZ cricket all out for 26 v England at Eden Park.   

Mar 29   Everard Verachtert, Flemish linguist (I Can Speak Nicely), dies at 81.   

Mar 30   27th Academy Awards "On the Waterfront", Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly win.   

Mar 30   27th Academy Awards.   

Mar 30   27th Academy Awards: "On the Waterfront", Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly win.   

Mar 31   Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan.   

Mar 31   Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut West Indies vs Australia, Kingston   

Mar 31   Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI v Aust, Kingston.   

Mar 31   US Assay Office in Seattle WA closes   

Apr 01   Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter.   

Apr 01   Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68.   

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Jan 02   Tex brashear: American voice actor   

Jan 03   Cynthia sykes: Coffeyville ky, actress (flamingo road, st elsewhere)   

Jan 03   Palmolive: English musician (the slits, the raincoats)   

Jan 04   Kathy forester: Lookout mt ga, country singer (forester sister-men)   

Jan 04   Mark hollis: English pop musician (talk talk, dum dum girl)   

Jan 07   Sandra bernhard: Arizona (follow that bird, king of comedy)   

Jan 08   Mike reno: Vancouver bc canada, rock vocalist (loverboy)   

Jan 08   Spiros livathinos: Greek footballer   

Jan 02   Jose antonio remon: President of panama (1952-55), assassinated   

Jan 04   Dominicus johner: Composer,    

Jan 07   Gerald hartigan: Cricketer (s afr batsman in 5 tests 1911-14),   

Jan 11   Rodolfo graziani: Italian east-africa minister of defense,   

Jan 15   Yves tanguy: French/american sailor/surrealistic painter,   

Jan 16   Jonkheer reneke de marees van swinderen: Dutch min (1908-13),    

Jan 17   J a veraart: Economist,    

Jan 21   Maarten p vrij: Dutch lawyer/criminologist/high council,