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| Born : | 02/28/1955 | Adrian Dantley, Wash DC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 04/03/1955 | Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yablontsev, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 05/08/1955 | Alex Van Halen, rock drummer (Van Halen-1984, Jump) |
| Born : | 08/08/1955 | Ali Score, Flock of Seagulls, rocker |
| Born : | 07/27/1955 | Allan Border, cricket captain (Australia) |
| Born : | 08/04/1955 | Andrew M Allen, Phila Pa, Captain USMC/astronaut (STS 46, SK:66) |
| Born : | 06/10/1955 | Andrew Stevens, Memphis Tn, actor (Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury) |
| Born : | 11/30/1955 | Andy Gray, English soccer player |
| Born : | 09/06/1955 | Anne Henning, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 04/22/1955 | Arthur Baker, rock producer (Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock) |
| Born : | 03/21/1955 | Barbel Wockel, German DR, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1980) |
| Born : | 08/13/1955 | Betsy King, LPGA golfer (1990 Dinah Shore, 1990 US Women's Open) |
| Born : | 02/15/1955 | Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion |
| Born : | 03/17/1955 | Bill Beyers, actor (Wally McCandless-Capitol) |
| Born : | 10/08/1955 | Bill Elliott, auto racer (Daytona-1978) |
| Born : | 11/17/1955 | Bill McCreary, Ontario, NHL referee |
| Born : | 11/30/1955 | Billy Idol, [William Broad], rocker (White Wedding) |
| Born : | 11/20/1955 | Bo Derek, [Mary Collins], Long Beach Ca, actr (10, Tarzan the Ape Man) |
| Born : | 03/14/1955 | Boon Gould, rock guitarist (Level 42-Hot Water) |
| Born : | 02/02/1955 | Brent Spiner, actor (Data-Star Trek the Next Generation) |
| Born : | 09/01/1955 | Bruce Foxton, Jam, rocker |
| Born : | 03/19/1955 | Bruce Willis, Penna Grove NJ, actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard) |
| Born : | 03/10/1955 | Bunny DeBarge, rocker (Debarge) |
| Born : | 04/25/1955 | Buster Mottram, tennis player |
| Born : | 09/06/1955 | Carl E Walz, Cleve Ohio, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (SK:STS 51) |
| Born : | 08/04/1955 | Charles D "Sam" Gemar, Yankton SD, army/astronaut (STS 38, 48, SK:66) |
| Born : | 06/29/1955 | Charles J Precourt, Waltham Mass, Lt Col USAF/Astronaut (STS 55) |
| Born : | 09/10/1955 | Charlotte Lewis, Chic Ill, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1976) |
| Born : | 06/01/1955 | Chiyonofuji, sumo wrestler |
| Born : | 09/20/1955 | Christine Oddy, British member European parliament |
| Born : | 03/23/1955 | Cindy Olavarri, Pleasant Hills Calif, cyclist (7-Eleven team) |
| Born : | 12/24/1955 | Clarence Gilyard Jr, actor |
| Born : | 11/25/1955 | Connie Palmen, author |
| Born : | 05/25/1955 | Connie Selleca, Bronx, actress (Hotel, Capt America II) |
| Born : | 01/30/1955 | Curtis Strange, golfer (1989 Skins Game) |
| Born : | 03/17/1955 | Cynthia McKinney, (Rep-D-Georgia) |
| Born : | 01/03/1955 | Cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere) |
| Born : | 03/02/1955 | Dale Bosworth, TV host (America's Most Wanted) |
| Born : | 03/02/1955 | Dale Bozzio, Boston, vocalist (Missing Persons-Destination Unknown) |
| Born : | 06/02/1955 | Dana Carvey, Missoula Montana, comedian (Church Lady-SNL) |
| Born : | 04/02/1955 | Dana Carvey, comedian (Church Lady-SNL) |
| Born : | 02/12/1955 | Daniele Masala, Italy, pentathelete (Olympics-1976) |
| Born : | 12/23/1955 | Dave Murray, heavy metal rocker (Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast) |
| Born : | 10/10/1955 | David Lee Roth, rock singer (Van Halen-Jump) |
| Born : | 02/05/1955 | Debra Jo Fondren, Los Angeles Cal, playmate of year (September, 1977) |
| Born : | 05/16/1955 | Debra Winger, Columbus Oh, actress (Officer and Gentleman) |
| Born : | 03/15/1955 | Dee Snider, Massapequa NY, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It) |
| Born : | 08/27/1955 | Diana Scarwid, actress (Extermites, Psycho 3, Strange Invaders, Heat) |
| Born : | 03/29/1955 | Dianne Kay, Phoenix Az, actress (Nancy-8 is Enough, Reggie, Glitter) |
| Born : | 05/06/1955 | Donald A Thomas, Cleve Ohio, PhD/astronaut |
| Born : | 08/09/1955 | Doug Williams, Louisana, NFL QB (Tampa Bay Bucaneers, Wash Redskins) |
| Born : | 03/29/1955 | Earl Campbell, NFL running back (Houston, New Orleans) |
| Born : | 12/20/1955 | Ed Kuepper, German/Australian, singer/songwriter (Saints) |
| Born : | 05/19/1955 | Ed Whitson, pitcher (NY Yankees, SD Padres) |
| Born : | 04/28/1955 | Eddie Jobson, rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure) |
| Born : | 08/31/1955 | Edwin Corley Moses, Dayton Ohio, hurdler (Olympic-gold-76, 84) |
| Born : | 04/16/1955 | Ellen Barkin, Bronx NY, actress (Big Easy, Sea of Love, Switch) |
| Born : | 10/16/1955 | Ellen Dolan, Iowa, actress (Guiding Light, Margo Hughes-ATWT) |
| Born : | 04/15/1955 | Enith Salle Brigitha, Neth, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1976) |
| Born : | 06/27/1955 | Frank H G de Grave, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD) |
| Born : | 07/09/1955 | Fred Norris, comedy writer/singer (Howard Stern Show) |
| Born : | 01/13/1955 | Fred White, rocker (Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover) |
| Born : | 02/27/1955 | Garry Christian, rocker |
| Born : | 06/02/1955 | Garry Grimes, SF, actor (Summer of '42, Class of '44) |
| Born : | 10/02/1955 | Gary Streeter, MP |
| Born : | 02/16/1955 | George Martin, NFL defensive back (NY Giants) |
| Born : | 10/20/1955 | Gerry Helstone, son of Mirtle |
| Born : | 09/10/1955 | Giannina Facio Franco, San Jose Costa Rica, Mrs Phillipe Junot |
| Born : | 03/13/1955 | Glebbe Headly, actress (Dick Tracy, Making Mr Right) |
| Born : | 11/19/1955 | Gloria Guida, Merano Italy, Miss Teenage Italy (1974) |
| Born : | 02/10/1955 | Greg Norman, Australia, golfer "White Shark" |
| Born : | 06/08/1955 | Griffin Dunne, actor (American Werewolf in London, Who's That Girl) |
| Born : | 01/18/1955 | Hans van Tongeren, actor (Hunk) |
| Born : | 05/16/1955 | Hazel O'Connor, Coventry England, singer/actress (Breaking Glass) |
| Born : | 08/12/1955 | Heintje, [Hendrik Simons], singer (Mama) |
| Born : | 04/16/1955 | Henri, Heir Apparent Prince of Luxembourg |
| Born : | 07/21/1955 | Henry Preistman, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World) |
| Born : | 05/10/1955 | Homer Simpson, animation (Simpsons) |
| Born : | 02/23/1955 | Howard Jones, rock vocalist (Things Can Only Get Better) |
| Born : | 11/29/1955 | Howie Mandel, Toronto Canada, comedian (Dr Wayne Fiscus-St Elsewhere) |
| Born : | 06/16/1955 | Ian Buchanan, actor (General Hospital, Gary Shandling Show) |
| Born : | 06/27/1955 | Isabelle Adjani, Paris, actress (Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar) |
| Born : | 03/16/1955 | Isabelle Huppert, Paris France, actress (Cactus, Heaven's Gate) |
| Born : | 11/10/1955 | Jack Clark, Penns, all star outfielder (Giants, Cards, Yanks, Padres) |
| Born : | 04/24/1955 | Jack Kingston, (Rep-R-Georgia) |
| Born : | 05/16/1955 | Jack Morris, St Paul Minn, pitcher (Detroit Tigers) |
| Born : | 11/14/1955 | Jack Sikma, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks) |
| Born : | 01/24/1955 | James Montgomery, 100m swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1976) |
| Born : | 12/29/1955 | Jan Penenburg, drummer (Doe Maar) |
| Born : | 04/05/1955 | Janice Long, British radio host |
| Born : | 08/20/1955 | Jay Acovone, Mahopac NY, actor (Det Rado-Hollywood Beat) |
| Born : | 01/13/1955 | Jay McInerney, author (Bright Lights, Big City) |
| Born : | 03/02/1955 | Jay Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie) |
| Born : | 03/21/1955 | Jean Marie Hon, SF Calif, actress (Jane-Man From Atlantis) |
| Born : | 09/18/1955 | Jeana Tomasino, Milwaukee Wis, playmate (Nov, 1980) |
| Born : | 02/19/1955 | Jeff Daniels, actor (Something Wild) |
| Born : | 01/16/1955 | Jerry M Linenger, Mt Clemens Mich, USN Commander/astronaut |
| Born : | 11/11/1955 | Jigme Singye Wangchuk, king of Bhutan (1972- ) |
| Born : | 07/09/1955 | Jimmy Smits, NYC, actor (Victor-LA Law, Running Scared, Believers) |
| Born : | 01/20/1955 | Joe Doherty, Ireland, IRA activist (jailed in US) |
| Born : | 08/11/1955 | Joe Jackson, England, singer (Steppin' Out) |
| Born : | 10/04/1955 | Joe Orseno, race horse trainer |
| Born : | 01/25/1955 | Joe Strummer, rock vocalist/guitarist (Clash-Rock the Casbah) |
| Born : | 06/07/1955 | Joey Scarbury, Ontario Calif, singer (Greatest American Hero) |
| Born : | 05/21/1955 | John Galvin, rocker (Molly Hatchet) |
| Born : | 05/29/1955 | John Hinckley Jr, shot and wounded Pres Reagan in 1981 |
| Born : | 05/06/1955 | John Hutton, MP |
| Born : | 04/25/1955 | John Nunn, British chess player |
| Born : | 05/23/1955 | John Stevens, MEP |
| Born : | 01/29/1955 | John Tate, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968) |
| Born : | 07/04/1955 | John Waite, rock vocalist (Babies/Bad English-Forget Me Not) |
| Born : | 02/13/1955 | John de Lies, saxophonist (I've got the bullets) |
| Born : | 05/11/1955 | Jos Haagmans, singer (Frank Boeijen Group) |
| Born : | 01/30/1955 | Judith Tarr, US, sci-fi author (Isle of Glass, Ars Magica) |
| Born : | 07/03/1955 | Julia Lyndon, Buffalo NY, playmate (August, 1977) |
| Born : | 06/15/1955 | Julie Hagerty, actress (Airplane, Princesses) |
| Born : | 04/29/1955 | Kate Mulgrew, Dubuque Iowa, actress (Heartbeat, Kate Loves a Mystery) |
| Born : | 02/20/1955 | Kelsey Grammer, Virgin Islands, actor (Dr Fraiser Crane-Cheers) |
| Born : | 08/15/1955 | Kenneth Carr, Clearwater Fla, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 01/18/1955 | Kevin Costner, actor (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham) |
| Born : | 05/09/1955 | Kevin Peter Hall, Pitts Pa, actor (Misfits of Science) |
| Born : | 08/15/1955 | Larry Mathews, Burbank Calif, actor (Ritchie-Dick Van Dyke Show) |
| Born : | 06/16/1955 | Laurie Metcalf, actress (Roseanne) |
| Born : | 02/25/1955 | Leann Hunley, actress (Dane Carrington-Dynasty) |
| Born : | 05/15/1955 | Lee Horsley, Muleshoe Tx, actor (Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston) |
| Born : | 10/05/1955 | Leo Barnes, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go) |
| Born : | 09/02/1955 | Linda Purl, Greenwich Ct, actress (Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock) |
| Born : | 10/09/1955 | Linwood Boomer, Vancouver, actor (Adam-Little House on the Prairie) |
| Born : | 10/19/1955 | Lonnie Shelton, NBA forward (NY Knick, Seattle Supersonics) |
| Born : | 04/13/1955 | Louis Johnson, rocker (Brothers Johnson) |
| Born : | 07/24/1955 | Lubov Odinokova, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) |
| Born : | 01/26/1955 | Lucia Mendez, Mexico, spanish singer |
| Born : | 02/10/1955 | Lusia Mae Harris, Minter City Miss, basketball player (Oly-silver-76) |
| Born : | 01/18/1955 | Mable Fergerson, LA Calif, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1972) |
| Born : | 09/15/1955 | Mac Sweeney, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- ) |
| Born : | 03/15/1955 | Marcia McCabe, Bryn Mawr Pa, actress (Alicia Grande-1 Live to Live) |
| Born : | 02/19/1955 | Margaux Hemingway, Portland Or, actress (Lipstick, They Call Me Bruce) |
| Born : | 11/06/1955 | Maria Shriver, [Mrs A Schwartenegger], Chic, newscaster (Sunday Today) |
| Born : | 07/23/1955 | Marisa DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family) |
| Born : | 05/10/1955 | Mark David Chapman, assassin of John Lennon |
| Born : | 06/30/1955 | Mark MacDonald, horse trainer |
| Born : | 08/30/1955 | Martin Jackson, rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out) |
| Born : | 12/15/1955 | Melanie Chartoff, West Haven Ct, actress (Fridays, Parker Lewis) |
| Born : | 12/03/1955 | Melody Anderson, Edmonton Alb, actress (Flash Gordon, Brooke-Manimal) |
| Born : | 07/20/1955 | Michael Anthony, bassist (Van Halen-1984, Jump) |
| Born : | 01/20/1955 | Michael Anthony, rocker (Van Halen-Jump, 1984) |
| Born : | 07/05/1955 | Michael Gismondi, rocker (Michael Stanley Band) |
| Born : | 04/24/1955 | Michael O'Keefe, actor |
| Born : | 02/02/1955 | Michael Talbott, Waverly Iowa, actor (Stan-Miami Vice) |
| Born : | 04/11/1955 | Michele Scarabelli, actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf) |
| Born : | 06/26/1955 | Mick Jones, rocker (Big Audio Dynamite-Tighten Up) |
| Born : | 05/29/1955 | Mike Porcaro, rocker (Toto-Roseanna, Africa) |
| Born : | 01/08/1955 | Mike Reno, rock vocalist (Loverboy-Get Lucky, Heaven in Your Eyes) |
| Born : | 04/23/1955 | Mike Smith, British DJ |
| Born : | 01/27/1955 | Mimi Rogers, Coral Gables Fla, actress (Paper Dolls, The Rousters) |
| Born : | 07/26/1955 | Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital) |
| Born : | 05/30/1955 | Nicky "Topper" Headon, drummer (Clash-Complete Control) |
| Born : | 05/20/1955 | Nigel Griffiths, labour MP |
| Born : | 06/28/1955 | Nikolai Simyatov, USSR, nordic skier (Olympic-3 golds-1976) |
| Born : | 09/12/1955 | Nina Blackwood, Mass, actress/VJ (MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad) |
| Born : | 03/11/1955 | Nina Hagen, German singer (Unbeschreiblich Weiblich) |
| Born : | 05/16/1955 | Olga Korbut, Grodno Byelorussia, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1972) |
| Born : | 03/13/1955 | Olga Rukavishnikova, USSR, pentathlete (Olympic-silver-1980) |
| Born : | 11/15/1955 | Oliver Conant, NYC, actor (Summer of '42) |
| Born : | 03/09/1955 | Ornella Muti, Rome Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife) |
| Born : | 07/10/1955 | Pamela Theresa Jiles, NO LA, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976) |
| Born : | 10/19/1955 | Pat Klous, Hutchinson Ks, actress (Marcy-Flying High, Judy-Love Boat) |
| Born : | 03/13/1955 | Patricia J Engfer, general manager (Hyatt Regency-Orlando) |
| Born : | 09/23/1955 | Patti Weaver, WV, actress (Days of our Life, Gina-Young and Restless) |
| Born : | 03/05/1955 | Penn Jillette, magician (Penn and Teller-Penn and Teller are Dead) |
| Born : | 04/17/1955 | Pete Shelley, vocal/guitar (Buzzcocks-Going Steady, Love Bites) |
| Born : | 11/04/1955 | Peter Boynton, Maine, actor (Tonio-As the World Turns) |
| Born : | 11/17/1955 | Peter Cox, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down) |
| Born : | 01/21/1955 | Peter Fleming, NJ, tennis player (US Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83) |
| Born : | 08/19/1955 | Peter Gallagher, actor |
| Born : | 05/07/1955 | Peter Reckell, actor (Days of our Lifes) |
| Born : | 10/02/1955 | Phil Oakley, (Human League-Only Human), rocker |
| Born : | 11/03/1955 | Phil Simms, NFL quarterback (NY Giants, Superbowl 1986) |
| Born : | 12/20/1955 | Pierre Bokma, actor |
| Born : | 05/19/1955 | Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 36, 49, SK:66) |
| Born : | 12/07/1955 | Priscilla Barnes, Ft Dix NJ, actress (License to Kill, 3s Company) |
| Born : | 02/28/1955 | Randy Jackson, rocker (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want) |
| Born : | 03/30/1955 | Randy Wanwarmer, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most) |
| Born : | 03/28/1955 | Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues) |
| Born : | 01/23/1955 | Reginald Calloway, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking) |
| Born : | 09/21/1955 | Richard J Hieb, Jamestown ND, astronaut (STS 39, STS 49) |
| Born : | 09/17/1955 | Rita Rudner, comedienne (Funny People) |
| Born : | 04/17/1955 | Rob Bolland, singer/guitarist (BandB) |
| Born : | 08/20/1955 | Rob Wiedik, singer (Bob Color) |
| Born : | 01/21/1955 | Robby Benson, Dallas Tx, actor (One on One, Running Brave, Chosen) |
| Born : | 05/05/1955 | Robert Feld, Nashville Tn, National Scrabble Champion (1990) |
| Born : | 10/20/1955 | Robert ten Brink, Dutch TV host/minature artist |
| Born : | 08/02/1955 | Roberta Wallach, NYC, actress (Civil Wars) |
| Born : | 01/23/1955 | Robin Zander, rocker vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick-Dream Police) |
| Born : | 02/07/1955 | Rolf Benirschke, Boston, NFL place kicker/Wheel of Fortune host |
| Born : | 05/24/1955 | Rosanne Cash, country singer (I Wonder) |
| Born : | 10/17/1955 | Sam Bottoms, actor (Prime Risk, Savages) |
| Born : | 05/22/1955 | Sam Coppersmith, (Rep-D-Arizona) |
| Born : | 01/07/1955 | Sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy) |
| Born : | 06/06/1955 | Sandra Bernhard, Flint Mich, actress (King of Comedy)/bugs Letterman |
| Born : | 02/13/1955 | Scott Smith, rocker (Loverboy-Get Lucky) |
| Born : | 07/09/1955 | Sergei Vladimirovich Krichevsky, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 07/11/1955 | Sergey Babinov, USSR, ice hockey star (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 11/23/1955 | Shane Gould, Australia, 200m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 09/20/1955 | Silvio Leonard, Cienguegos Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1980) |
| Born : | 01/19/1955 | Simon Rattle, England, orchestra conductor (Birmingham Symph Orch) |
| Born : | 04/14/1955 | Simone Griffeth, Savannah Georgia, actress (Death Race 2000, Amanda's) |
| Born : | 05/21/1955 | Stan Lynch, rocker (Tommy Petty and Heartbreakers) |
| Born : | 05/20/1955 | Steve George, rocker (Mr Mister) |
| Born : | 10/09/1955 | Steve Ovett, England, runner (Olympics-800m gold, 1500m bronze-1980) |
| Born : | 09/25/1955 | Steve Severin, rocker (Siouxsie and Banshees-Wild Thing) |
| Born : | 11/23/1955 | Steven Brust, [Karl Zoltan], US, sci-fi author (Yendi, Jhereg) |
| Born : | 02/24/1955 | Steven Jobs, co-founder (Apple Computer) |
| Born : | 12/06/1955 | Steven Wright, droll comedian (Steven Wright Live) |
| Born : | 12/11/1955 | Stu Jackson, Reading Pa, NBA coach (NY Knicks (1989-90) |
| Born : | 04/23/1955 | Su Ingle, British TV hostess |
| Born : | 11/22/1955 | Sue Novara-Reber, Flint Mich, cyclist (1975 World sprint champ) |
| Born : | 07/21/1955 | Tacho Ocheriski, singer (Putting on the Ritz) |
| Born : | 10/15/1955 | Tanya Roberts, [Leigh], Bronx NY, actress (Charlie's Angels, Sheena) |
| Born : | 03/09/1955 | Teo Fabi, formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983) |
| Born : | 07/18/1955 | Teresa Ann Savoy, London England, actress (Caligula) |
| Born : | 05/24/1955 | Thad Ackel, horse trainer |
| Born : | 01/22/1955 | Thomas David Jones, Balt Md, PhD/Astronaut (SK:STS 59) |
| Born : | 02/22/1955 | Tim Young, athlete |
| Born : | 06/11/1955 | Tony Allcock, bowler |
| Born : | 04/23/1955 | Tony Miles, chess player |
| Born : | 11/26/1955 | Tracy [Raye] Hickman, US, sci-fi author (Dragons of Spring Dawning) |
| Born : | 06/15/1955 | Tree Rollins, Winter Haven Fla, NBA center (Cleve Cavaliers) |
| Born : | 12/01/1955 | Uwe Benter, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 07/22/1955 | Willem Dafoe, Wisc, actor (Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning) |
| Born : | 10/28/1955 | William Gates, billionaire CEO (Microsoft) |
| Born : | 10/07/1955 | Yo-Yo Ma, Paris France, world famous Chinese cellist |
| Born : | 03/11/1955 | [Kater]Nina Hagen, East Berlin German DR, actress (Blue Angel) |
| Died : | 05/31/1955 | "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500 |
| Died : | 04/18/1955 | Albert Einstein, German/US physicist (E=MCı), dies |
| Died : | 03/11/1955 | Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies |
| Died : | 11/27/1955 | Arthur Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies |
| Died : | 08/05/1955 | Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 |
| Died : | 11/06/1955 | Charley Toorop, [Annie CP Fernhout-Toorop], painter, dies at 64 |
| Died : | 03/12/1955 | Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC |
| Died : | 10/27/1955 | Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 03/08/1955 | Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies |
| Died : | 04/25/1955 | Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies |
| Died : | 07/23/1955 | Cordell Hull, statesman, dies |
| Died : | 12/21/1955 | Dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 08/28/1955 | Emmett Till, kidnapped and lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi |
| Died : | 08/17/1955 | Fernand Leger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies |
| Died : | 09/12/1955 | Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86 |
| Died : | 07/23/1955 | Harry Haden, actor (Harry-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 07/10/1955 | Henry W Methorst, Dutch director Central Bureau of Statistic, dies |
| Died : | 06/11/1955 | Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, dies |
| Died : | 05/16/1955 | James Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY |
| Died : | 10/02/1955 | James Dean, US actor, (East of Eden, Giant), dies |
| Died : | 09/30/1955 | James Dean, killed in an auto collision at 24 near Cholame Calif |
| Died : | 01/04/1955 | Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, preacher, dies |
| Died : | 07/16/1955 | Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise de Bauffremont Courtenay], Princess dies |
| Died : | 08/27/1955 | Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies |
| Died : | 01/31/1955 | John R Mott, US theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89 |
| Died : | 09/08/1955 | John the Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 |
| Died : | 01/16/1955 | Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch min (1908-13), dies |
| Died : | 07/22/1955 | Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45 |
| Died : | 01/02/1955 | Jose Antonio Remon, president of Panam (1919..55), assassinated |
| Died : | 10/18/1955 | Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72 |
| Died : | 07/19/1955 | Koos, [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch social-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies |
| Died : | 05/04/1955 | Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer, dies at 75 |
| Died : | 01/21/1955 | Maarten P Vrij, lawyer/criminologist/member High Council, dies |
| Died : | 05/18/1955 | Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights leader, dies at 79 |
| Died : | 03/09/1955 | Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies |
| Died : | 11/05/1955 | Maurice Utrillo, French painter (Cathedrale St-Denis), dies at 71 |
| Died : | 06/29/1955 | Max Pechstein, German painter/graphic artist (Oceania), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 12/24/1955 | Nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 10/02/1955 | O B Clarence, actor, dies |
| Died : | 02/17/1955 | Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies |
| Died : | 02/23/1955 | Paul Claudel, French poet/song writer (L'otage), dies at 86 |
| Died : | 04/25/1955 | Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer, dies |
| Died : | 09/01/1955 | Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61 |
| Died : | 09/10/1955 | Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70 |
| Died : | 11/14/1955 | Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59 |
| Died : | 01/11/1955 | Rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa minister of Defense, dies at 72 |
| Died : | 08/02/1955 | Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern, dies |
| Died : | 07/13/1955 | Ruth Ellis, hanged |
| Died : | 02/15/1955 | S Z Sakall, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 71 |
| Died : | 08/12/1955 | Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies |
| Died : | 02/27/1955 | Tom Howard, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 02/12/1955 | Tom Moore, actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71 |
| Died : | 11/16/1955 | Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish premier (1944-47), dies |
| Died : | 11/01/1955 | W H van Eemlandt, [Haasse], author (Treasure Hunter of Amstel), dies |
| Died : | 06/22/1955 | Wyllis Cooper, TV narrator (Volume One), dies at 56 |
| Died : | 01/15/1955 | Yves Tanguy, French/Americans sailor/surrealistic painter, dies |
| Special : | 06/07/1955 | "$64,000 Question" premiers on CBS TV |
| Special : | 10/02/1955 | "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers |
| Special : | 03/26/1955 | "Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes the #1 record in US |
| Special : | 10/03/1955 | "Captain Kangaroo" premieres, Good Morning, Captain! |
| Special : | 07/16/1955 | "Golden Horseshoe Revue" 1st of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland |
| Special : | 09/10/1955 | "Gunsmoke" premiers on CBS TV |
| Special : | 10/01/1955 | "Honeymooners" premieres |
| Special : | 07/02/1955 | "Lawrence Welk Show" premiers on ABC |
| Special : | 10/03/1955 | "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres |
| Special : | 01/19/1955 | "The Millionaire" TV program premiers on CBS |
| Special : | 07/17/1955 | . . . Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County |
| Special : | 06/09/1955 | 100ø F-Hottest day in Seattle Washington |
| Special : | 01/02/1955 | 1st "Bob Cummings Show" premiers on NBC (later on CBS) |
| Special : | 04/18/1955 | 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens |
| Special : | 08/28/1955 | 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17 |
| Special : | 06/07/1955 | 1st President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower) |
| Special : | 07/22/1955 | 1st VP to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon |
| Special : | 08/20/1955 | 1st airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca |
| Special : | 01/20/1955 | 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn |
| Special : | 06/27/1955 | 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois) |
| Special : | 02/26/1955 | 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith |
| Special : | 07/09/1955 | 1st black executive on White House staff (E Frederic Morrow) |
| Special : | 08/26/1955 | 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) |
| Special : | 10/13/1955 | 1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris |
| Special : | 07/18/1955 | 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially |
| Special : | 04/12/1955 | 1st game in KC, KC A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2 |
| Special : | 06/11/1955 | 1st jet magnesium airplane flown |
| Special : | 11/13/1955 | 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba |
| Special : | 08/01/1955 | 1st microgravity research begins |
| Special : | 08/31/1955 | 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx) |
| Special : | 01/15/1955 | 1st official act of Princess Beatrice, launches tanker Vasum |
| Special : | 02/15/1955 | 1st pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds announced |
| Special : | 01/19/1955 | 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower) |
| Special : | 02/02/1955 | 1st presidential news conference on network TV-Eisenhower on ABC |
| Special : | 03/04/1955 | 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent |
| Special : | 03/24/1955 | 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service |
| Special : | 06/10/1955 | 1st separation of virus into component parts reported |
| Special : | 11/16/1955 | 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D.M. Campbell) |
| Special : | 07/21/1955 | 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf |
| Special : | 08/31/1955 | 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill |
| Special : | 11/24/1955 | 1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship |
| Special : | 05/21/1955 | 1st transcontinental round-trip solo flight-sunrise to sunset |
| Special : | 11/03/1955 | 1st virus crystallized (announced) |
| Special : | 07/14/1955 | 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England |
| Special : | 04/13/1955 | 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record) |
| Special : | 05/18/1955 | 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record |
| Special : | 08/19/1955 | 32.4 cm rainfall at Burlington, Connecticut (state record) |
| Special : | 08/18/1955 | 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record) |
| Special : | 03/20/1955 | A Paroubek discovers asteroid #1989 Tatry |
| Special : | 12/05/1955 | AFL and CIO merge, with George Meany as president |
| Special : | 06/26/1955 | Actor Geoffrey Holder marries Carmen de Lavallade |
| Special : | 10/02/1955 | Actress Joyce Randolph marries publisher Richard Charles |
| Special : | 10/07/1955 | Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched |
| Special : | 11/03/1955 | Alabama woman bruised by a meteor |
| Special : | 07/24/1955 | Ali Sastroamidjojo of Govt resigns in Indonesia |
| Special : | 09/29/1955 | Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins elections in Indonesia |
| Special : | 06/22/1955 | Antonio Segni forms cabinet in Italy |
| Special : | 03/21/1955 | Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece |
| Special : | 07/17/1955 | Arco, Idaho becomes 1st US city lit by nuclear power |
| Special : | 11/30/1955 | Argentine government disbands Peronistic party |
| Special : | 05/20/1955 | Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state |
| Special : | 09/19/1955 | Argentine president Juan Per¢n, flees |
| Special : | 04/01/1955 | Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam |
| Special : | 11/03/1955 | Australia takes control of Cocos Islands |
| Special : | 07/27/1955 | Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation |
| Special : | 05/15/1955 | Austria regains its sovereignity |
| Special : | 05/15/1955 | Austrian state treaty signed making itself independent again |
| Special : | 08/03/1955 | Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing |
| Special : | 02/18/1955 | Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance |
| Special : | 07/19/1955 | Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 and becomes a floating museum |
| Special : | 04/03/1955 | Balt Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics) |
| Special : | 08/07/1955 | Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel |
| Special : | 12/29/1955 | Barbra Striesand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13 |
| Special : | 03/07/1955 | Baseball com Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter |
| Special : | 09/16/1955 | Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st |
| Special : | 10/29/1955 | Belgium signs accord for 5 day week (45 hours) |
| Special : | 11/18/1955 | Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight |
| Special : | 11/03/1955 | Bernardus J Alfrink intalled as archbishop of Utrecht |
| Special : | 01/01/1955 | Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps |
| Special : | 07/09/1955 | Bill Haley and Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" tops billboards chart |
| Special : | 06/06/1955 | Bill Haley and Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1 |
| Special : | 05/07/1955 | Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps, beats Eddie Arcaro on Nashua in Derby |
| Special : | 03/13/1955 | Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal |
| Special : | 04/21/1955 | Bkln Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season |
| Special : | 05/01/1955 | Bob Feller's 15th 1 or less hitter (12 1-hitters, 3 no-hitters) |
| Special : | 05/28/1955 | Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500 |
| Special : | 05/27/1955 | Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0 |
| Special : | 04/04/1955 | British govt signs military treaty with Iraq |
| Special : | 11/23/1955 | British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia |
| Special : | 10/26/1955 | British troops occupy Saudi-Arabic oil field at Boeraimi |
| Special : | 05/05/1955 | Broadway musical "Damn Yankees" opens |
| Special : | 03/21/1955 | Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums" |
| Special : | 10/04/1955 | Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7 |
| Special : | 05/15/1955 | Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins |
| Special : | 07/27/1955 | Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die) |
| Special : | 05/17/1955 | Cabinet of Drees resigns |
| Special : | 03/31/1955 | Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company |
| Special : | 05/12/1955 | Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0) |
| Special : | 11/02/1955 | Clarton-Schwerdt and Schaffer discover polio virus |
| Special : | 12/26/1955 | Cleveland Browns beat LA Rams 38-14 in NFL championship game |
| Special : | 12/25/1955 | Cleveland Browns win NFL championship |
| Special : | 09/22/1955 | Commercial TV begins in England |
| Special : | 04/24/1955 | Conference of Bandoeng against colonialism and self disposal |
| Special : | 07/11/1955 | Congress authorizes all US currency to say "In God We Trust" |
| Special : | 04/22/1955 | Congress orders all US coins bear motto "In God We Trust" |
| Special : | 05/31/1955 | Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities |
| Special : | 11/12/1955 | Date returned to in "Back to the Future" and "Back to the Future II" |
| Special : | 11/02/1955 | David Ben Gurion forms Israeli govt |
| Special : | 07/26/1955 | Doug Ford wins PGA golf tournament |
| Special : | 03/15/1955 | Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses |
| Special : | 11/12/1955 | E Arcaro, E Sande and G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame |
| Special : | 03/25/1955 | E Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, USSR |
| Special : | 04/01/1955 | EOKA-bomb attacks against British govt buildings in Cyprus |
| Special : | 09/08/1955 | Earliest clinching of an NL pennent (Brooklyn Dodgers) |
| Special : | 06/11/1955 | Eddie Arcaro ties record of 6 Belmont Stakes wins |
| Special : | 02/23/1955 | Edgar Faure forms French government |
| Special : | 04/30/1955 | Element 101, Mendelevium, announced |
| Special : | 11/26/1955 | Emergency crisis proclaimed in Cyprus |
| Special : | 08/16/1955 | Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor |
| Special : | 08/08/1955 | Fidel Castro forms "Motion of July 26th" |
| Special : | 06/26/1955 | Freedom Charter signed in South-Africa |
| Special : | 01/08/1955 | Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt |
| Special : | 08/08/1955 | Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy |
| Special : | 01/08/1955 | Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak |
| Special : | 05/09/1955 | German Federal Republic joins NATO |
| Special : | 07/27/1955 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1751 Herget |
| Special : | 04/01/1955 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter |
| Special : | 03/30/1955 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2026 Cottrell |
| Special : | 03/29/1955 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2069 Hubble |
| Special : | 08/23/1955 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2974 |
| Special : | 09/13/1955 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #2227 Otto Struve and #3167 |
| Special : | 05/31/1955 | Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike |
| Special : | 06/01/1955 | Habib Bourguiba ends exile from Tunisia |
| Special : | 06/24/1955 | Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff) |
| Special : | 09/21/1955 | Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore |
| Special : | 05/16/1955 | Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in SF |
| Special : | 09/22/1955 | Heavyweight champ Rocky Mariano KOs Archie Moore in 9 |
| Special : | 12/05/1955 | Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks |
| Special : | 08/20/1955 | Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria |
| Special : | 08/03/1955 | Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days |
| Special : | 08/19/1955 | Hurricane Diane kills 200 and 1st billion $ damage storm (N.E. US) |
| Special : | 08/22/1955 | I Groeneveld discovers asteroid #2947 |
| Special : | 05/02/1955 | India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable |
| Special : | 02/13/1955 | Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls |
| Special : | 05/11/1955 | Israel attacks Gaza |
| Special : | 03/01/1955 | Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48 |
| Special : | 07/27/1955 | Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die |
| Special : | 06/19/1955 | Jack Fleck wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 01/25/1955 | Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race |
| Special : | 10/03/1955 | Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira becomes pres of Brazil |
| Special : | 09/01/1955 | KARD (now KSNW) TV channel 3 in Wichita, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/02/1955 | KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/--/1955 | KDLO TV channel 3 in Florence-Watertown, SD (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/01/1955 | KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 04/24/1955 | KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/03/1955 | KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/24/1955 | KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/05/1955 | KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 11/28/1955 | KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/30/1955 | KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, ID (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/12/1955 | KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/23/1955 | KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 07/01/1955 | KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/15/1955 | KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/13/1955 | KRCG TV channel 13 in Jefferson City, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/31/1955 | KRNT (now KCCI) TV channel 8 in Des Moines, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 08/07/1955 | KSTF TV channel 10 in Scottsbluff-Gering, NB (CBS/NBC) begins |
| Special : | 09/03/1955 | KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/28/1955 | KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/31/1955 | KTRE TV channel 9 in Lufkin, TX (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/03/1955 | KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/17/1955 | KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/21/1955 | KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/11/1955 | KTVT TV channel 11 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/10/1955 | KWEX TV channel 41 in San Antonio, TX (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/--/1955 | KWTX TV channel 10 in Waco, TX (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/19/1955 | KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/20/1955 | KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/26/1955 | Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade |
| Special : | 05/16/1955 | King Boudewin of Belgium visits Congo |
| Special : | 03/02/1955 | King Norodom Sihanoek of Cambodia gives up to his father |
| Special : | 08/25/1955 | Last Soviet forces leave Austria |
| Special : | 06/11/1955 | Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators |
| Special : | 10/17/1955 | Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel |
| Special : | 07/30/1955 | Louison Bobet wins his 3rd Tour de France |
| Special : | 11/17/1955 | M Laugier discovers asteroid #2393 Suzuki |
| Special : | 02/08/1955 | Malenkov resigns as USSR premier, Bulganin replaces him |
| Special : | 01/07/1955 | Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at the Met (NYC) |
| Special : | 03/07/1955 | Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised |
| Special : | 03/17/1955 | Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montreal |
| Special : | 02/12/1955 | McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks |
| Special : | 06/13/1955 | Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans France |
| Special : | 10/31/1955 | Mgr Alfrink appointed archbishop of Utrecht |
| Special : | 05/13/1955 | Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive HRs of at least 463' |
| Special : | 06/19/1955 | Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100 |
| Special : | 02/17/1955 | Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257 |
| Special : | 04/21/1955 | Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die |
| Special : | 06/12/1955 | Monitor (full weekend program) begins on NBC radio network |
| Special : | 07/12/1955 | NL beats AL 6-5 (12 innings) in 22nd All Star Game (Milwaukee) |
| Special : | 09/26/1955 | NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929 |
| Special : | 06/05/1955 | NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce |
| Special : | 12/06/1955 | NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing |
| Special : | 05/28/1955 | Nashua wins Preakness |
| Special : | 07/11/1955 | New USAF Academy dedicated at Lowry AFB in Colo with 300 cadets |
| Special : | 11/05/1955 | New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria) |
| Special : | 10/26/1955 | Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres |
| Special : | 04/03/1955 | Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300 |
| Special : | 05/22/1955 | Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th |
| Special : | 02/24/1955 | Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed |
| Special : | 09/23/1955 | Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad |
| Special : | 04/30/1955 | Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks |
| Special : | 10/11/1955 | Persia signs Pact of Baghdad |
| Special : | 07/22/1955 | Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11 |
| Special : | 06/19/1955 | Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history |
| Special : | 02/05/1955 | Pierre Mends France ends term as premier of France |
| Special : | 12/25/1955 | Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music and popular music |
| Special : | 06/16/1955 | Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine Pres Juan Peron |
| Special : | 08/12/1955 | Pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour |
| Special : | 02/12/1955 | Pres Eisenhower sends 1st US advisors to S Vietnam |
| Special : | 09/24/1955 | Pres Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver |
| Special : | 05/02/1955 | Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof) |
| Special : | 11/25/1955 | Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between US states |
| Special : | 04/15/1955 | Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants |
| Special : | 10/04/1955 | Rev Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul |
| Special : | 08/03/1955 | Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7) |
| Special : | 12/01/1955 | Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus |
| Special : | 01/25/1955 | Russia ends state of war with Germany |
| Special : | 04/10/1955 | Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely |
| Special : | 04/12/1955 | Salk polio vaccine safe and effective; 4 billion dimes marched |
| Special : | 03/19/1955 | San Francisco wins NCAA basketball championship |
| Special : | 05/25/1955 | Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas and most of Blackwell Okla |
| Special : | 08/18/1955 | Sjukri al-Quwatli elected president of Syria |
| Special : | 07/29/1955 | Smokey Burgess hits 3 HRS to help Pirates beat Reds 16-5 |
| Special : | 10/03/1955 | Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea |
| Special : | 02/12/1955 | Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan |
| Special : | 07/09/1955 | Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week |
| Special : | 01/17/1955 | Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage |
| Special : | 11/16/1955 | Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Joessoef V returns to Morocco |
| Special : | 11/07/1955 | Supreme Court of Balt bans segregation in public recreational areas |
| Special : | 05/31/1955 | Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" |
| Special : | 04/10/1955 | Syracuse beats Fort Wayne, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship |
| Special : | 12/14/1955 | Tappan Zee Bridge in NY opens to traffic |
| Special : | 07/26/1955 | Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers |
| Special : | 08/01/1955 | Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malakka govt |
| Special : | 03/24/1955 | Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway |
| Special : | 11/01/1955 | Time bomb aboard United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont Colorado |
| Special : | 07/01/1955 | Tony Trabert wins Wimbledon |
| Special : | 10/18/1955 | Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete |
| Special : | 06/26/1955 | Trinidad actor Geoffrey Holder marries Carmen de Lava |
| Special : | 05/30/1955 | Tunisia begins domestic self governing |
| Special : | 11/09/1955 | UN disapproves of South-Africa's apartheid politics |
| Special : | 01/25/1955 | US and Panama sign canal treaty |
| Special : | 09/16/1955 | US Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories |
| Special : | 06/22/1955 | US air patrol show down above Bering sea |
| Special : | 02/09/1955 | US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO |
| Special : | 01/15/1955 | USSR ends state of war with German Federal Republic |
| Special : | 05/07/1955 | USSR signs peace treaty with France and Great-Britain |
| Special : | 10/18/1955 | University of California discovers anti-proton |
| Special : | 03/05/1955 | WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/28/1955 | WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/14/1955 | WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/07/1955 | WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/15/1955 | WCTV TV channel 6 in Tallahassee-Thomasville, FL (CBS) begins |
| Special : | 10/03/1955 | WDBJ TV channel 7 in Roanoke, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/01/1955 | WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, FL (CBS) begins |
| Special : | 02/14/1955 | WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (NBC) begins |
| Special : | 05/21/1955 | WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, WI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/02/1955 | WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/31/1955 | WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 10/02/1955 | WHTN (now WOWK) TV ch 13 in Huntington-Charleston, WV (CBS) begins |
| Special : | 08/01/1955 | WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/28/1955 | WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, NC (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/05/1955 | WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/15/1955 | WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/15/1955 | WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/01/1955 | WORA TV channel 5 in Mayaguez, PR (TCI) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/12/1955 | WPBT TV channel 2 in Miami, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/27/1955 | WPRI TV channel 12 in Providence, RI (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/05/1955 | WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/03/1955 | WTVS TV channel 56 in Detroit, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/01/1955 | WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 02/12/1955 | WTVY TV channel 4 in Dothan, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/08/1955 | WUNC TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/22/1955 | WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/15/1955 | WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA (ABC) begins |
| Special : | 06/23/1955 | Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" released |
| Special : | 05/14/1955 | Warsaw Pact forms |
| Special : | 05/07/1955 | West Europe Union established |
| Special : | 04/30/1955 | West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages |
| Special : | 05/05/1955 | West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers |
| Special : | 05/06/1955 | West Germany joins NATO |
| Special : | 01/29/1955 | William Cox buys Yankee Stadium |
| Special : | 04/05/1955 | Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him |
| Special : | 10/08/1955 | Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, Saratoga (US), launched |
| Special : | 10/20/1955 | Yanks begin 16-game exhibition in Japan |
| Special : | 07/19/1955 | Yarkon water project in Negev Desert Israel opens |
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