Page 5: Historical Events In 1955

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   

Apr 03   In this year, Louise Suggs claims LPGA Oklahoma City Golf Open.   

Apr 03   Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300.   

Apr 04   British government signs military treaty with Iraq   

Apr 04   British govt signs military treaty with Iraq   

Apr 05   British Prime Minister Winston Churchill steps down   

Apr 05   Winston Churchill steps down as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him.   

Apr 06   "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances   

Apr 07   Theda Bara, actress (Camille, Cleopatra, 2 Orphans), dies at 62   

Apr 08   Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter   

Apr 09   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Apr 10   19th Golf Masters Championship: Cary Middlecoff claims, shooting a 279.   

Apr 10   Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68.   

Apr 10   Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely.   

Apr 11   In this year, Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted.   

Apr 12   1st game in KC, KC A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2   

Apr 12   Salk polio vaccine safe and effective;   

Apr 13   20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record).   

Apr 14   Detroit Red Wings beat Mont Canadiens 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup   

Apr 15   In this year, Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants (Illinois).   

Apr 15   In this year, Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants   

Apr 16   Abdullah Seif el-Islam, brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded.   

Apr 16   Ellen Barkin, American actress is born.   

Apr 17   In this year, Betty Jameson claims LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.   

Apr 18   "Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 176 perfs.   

Apr 18   Albert Einstein developer of relativity theory, dies   

Apr 18   Don Blackie, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1928-29), dies at 46.   

Apr 19   USS Albany and USS William Wood begin to provide disaster relief to citizens of Volos, Greece, ending 21 April.   

Apr 20   "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 perfs.   

Apr 21   Bkln Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season.   

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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,