Page 4: Historical Events In 1955

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: 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 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 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   

Apr 02   Halifax Nova Scotia the opening of Angus L. Macdonald Bridge linking Halifax and Dartmouth and I was there   

Apr 02   US female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright.   

Apr 03   Balt Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics).   

Apr 03   Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs Kansas City Athletics).   

Apr 03   Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, results in the deaths of 39   

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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,