1955 Calendar
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1955 Historical Event(s)
January 24, 1955
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Sheep in Chinese astrology.
January 25, 1955
– The Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany.
April 3, 1955
– The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg’s book Howl against obscenity charges.
April 11, 1955
– The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
April 12, 1955
– The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
April 15, 1955
– McDonald’s restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois
July 27, 1955
– The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
September 16, 1955
– Juan Perón is deposed as the ruler of Argentina.
September 30, 1955
– Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
November 1, 1955
– The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
Who Were Born On 1955?
January 2, 1955
– Tex Brashear, American voice actor
February 27, 1955
– Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director
March 4, 1955
– Joey Jones, Welsh professional footballer
April 25, 1955
– Américo Gallego, Argentine footballer
May 5, 1955
– Melinda Culea, American actress
July 6, 1955
– Frank Sontag, American radio personality
September 8, 1955
– Terry Tempest Williams, American author and environmentalist
September 28, 1955
– Kenny Kirkland, piano & keyboard player, member of Buckshot LeFonque (d. 1998)
October 27, 1955
– Debra Bowen, American politician
November 27, 1955
– Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player