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1955 Calendar

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•  January 24, 1955 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Sheep in Chinese astrology.
•  April 1, 1955 – The EOKA rebellion against The British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification (“enosis”) with Greece.
•  April 3, 1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg’s book Howl against obscenity charges.
•  April 5, 1955 – Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
•  April 24, 1955 – The Bandung Conference ends: 29 non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
•  May 2, 1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
•  September 16, 1955 – Juan Perón is deposed as the ruler of Argentina.
•  October 3, 1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC.
•  December 14, 1955 – Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.
•  December 20, 1955 – Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

•  March 22, 1955 – Pete Sessions, American politician
•  May 18, 1955 – Lena T. Hansson, Swedish actor
•  May 26, 1955 – Wesley Walker, American football player
•  August 27, 1955 – Diana Scarwid, American actress
•  September 16, 1955 – Janet Ellis, British television presenter
•  September 21, 1955 – Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director
•  September 30, 1955 – Frankie Kennedy, Irish flute and tin whistle player
•  October 17, 1955 – Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek politician
•  October 20, 1955 – Thomas Newman, American composer
•  October 31, 1955 – Michalis Chrysohoidis, Greek politician