Page 14: Historical Events In 1955

Nov 12   In the year 1955 1st West German officers sworn in   

Nov 13   In the year 1955 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba   

Nov 13   The first live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba on this day in history.   

Nov 14   Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Nov 15   In the year 1955 lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65   

Nov 15   Poland & Yugoslavia sign trade agreement in the year 1955.   

Nov 16   In the year 1955 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D M Campbell)   

Nov 16   In the year 1955 first speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D.M. Campbell)   

Nov 16   Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish premier (1944-47), dies at 88 in the year 1955.   

Nov 17   James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Nov 18   On this day in history bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight   

Nov 18   On this day in history bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight   

Nov 19   KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Nov 20   Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ on this day in history.   

Nov 21   Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Nov 22   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

Nov 23   In the year 1955 british transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia   

Nov 24   On this day in history 1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship   

Nov 25   Race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states in the year 1955.   

Nov 26   "Boy Friend" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 483 performances in the year 1955.   

Nov 27   On this day in history arthur Oscar Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies at 63   

Nov 28   In the year 1955 kMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting   

Nov 29   On this day in history turkish government of Menderes resigns   

Nov 30   In the year 1955 "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 245 performances   

Nov 30   In the year 1955 josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59   

Dec 01   On this day in history rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to back of the bus   

Dec 01   Rosa Parks, a black seamstress during segragation, refuses to give her bus seat to a white man, an event that sparked the Montgomery (Alabama) bus boycott, one of the critical events in the U.S. civil rights fight in the year 1955.   

Dec 01   The first remote-control railroad passenger car went into service on this day on this day in history.   

Dec 03   KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting in the year 1955.   

Dec 04   Mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

Dec 05   On this day in history aFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president   

Dec 05   Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Dec 05   In the year 1955 the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), a federation of autonomous trade unions in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, is formed   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1955 birth of cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere)   

Jan 03   Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats) was born in the year 1955.   

Jan 04   In the year 1955 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 in the year 1955.   

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   In the year 1955 birth of spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1955.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1955 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 in the year 1955.