jp:1955[?] Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 - 1955 - 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Events:
- January 2 - Panama president Jose Antonio Remon[?] is assassinated.
- January 19 - The Scrabble board game debuts.
- February 13 - Israel obtains 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls.
- February 23 - First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
- March 2 - King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit[?]
- March 25 - United States Customs seizes Allen Ginsberg's Howl as obscene
- April 5 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing heath.
- May 9 - Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
- May 14 - Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries including the Soviet Union sign a mutual-defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
- December 31 - General Motors becomes the first American corporation to make sales of over one billion dollars in a year.
- Dick Bruna draws Miffy for the first time.
- Disneyland opens.
- Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of Britain for the second time.
- Mattachine Society, one of the first gay rights organizations, is founded in the City of New York.
- Maurice Wilkes publishes a description of microprogramming in IEEE Spectrum.
Art, Culture & Fashion
- 1955 in film
- 1955 in literature
- 1955 in music
- 1955 in sports
- 1955 in television
- April 1 - The DuMont Television network drastically cuts back its programming
- September 28 - The First World Series game broadcast in color
- The Honeymooners premieres, starring Jackie Gleason, Art Carney and Audrey Meadows[?]
- Lawrence Welk Show debuts (1955-1982)
- The Mickey Mouse Club[?] debuts, featuring "Mouseketeer" Annette Funicello[?]. (1955-1959)
Births:
- January 6 - Rowan Atkinson, comedian, actor
- January 12 - Kirstie Alley[?], actress
- January 12 - Rockne O'Bannon, writer, producer
- January 13 - Jay McInerney[?], writer
- January 17 - Steve Earle, musician
- January 18 - Kevin Costner, actor
- January 19 - Simon Rattle, conductor
- January 26 - Eddie Van Halen, musician
- February 8 - John Grisham, novelist
- February 10 - Greg Norman, golfer
- February 12 - Arsenio Hall[?], actor, talk show host
- February 19 - Jeff Daniels[?], actor
- February 23 - Howard Jones, musician
- February 24 - Alain Prost, Formula One driver
- February 24 - Steve Jobs, computer pioneer
- March 5 - Penn Jillette[?], magician, comedian
- March 15 - Dee Snider[?], singer
- March 16 - Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxing world champion
- March 17 - Gary Sinise[?], actor
- March 19 - Bruce Willis, actor
- March 28 - Reba McEntire, country music singer, actress
- March 29 - Earl Campbell[?], American football star
- April 1 - Ronnie Burk, surrealist and AIDS activist
- April 16 - Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg[?]
- April 23 - Tony Miles, chess player
- May 10 - Mark David Chapman[?], assassin
- May 16 - Debra Winger, actress
- May 16 - Olga Korbut, gymnast
- May 17 - Bill Paxton[?], actor
- May 18 - Chow Yun-Fat, actor
- May 20 - Zbigniew Preisner, film composer
- May 26 - Doris Dörrie[?], actor and screenplay writer
- June 27 - Isabelle Adjani, actress
- August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton, actor
- September 10 - Pat Mastelotto, musician
- October 7 - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
- October 17- Mae Jemison, astronaut
- November 4 - Matti Vanhanen, prime minister of Finland
- November 23 - Steven Brust, fantasy author
- Tor Norretranders, science author
Deaths:
- March 11 - Sir Alexander Fleming, British discoverer of penicillin.
- March 12 - Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist
- April 7 - Theda Bara, silent film actress
- April 18 - Albert Einstein, scientist.
- May 10 - Tommy Burns, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
- August 5 - Carmen Miranda, singer, actress
- October 1 - Charles Christie, pioneer film studio owner in Hollywood
- November 4 - Cy Young, American baseball player
- November 5 - Maurice Utrillo, a "Montmartre" artist
- November 27 - Arthur Honegger, composer
- Physics - Willis Eugene Lamb[?], - Polykarp Kusch[?]
- Chemistry - Vincent du Vigneaud[?]
- Medicine- Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell
- Literature - Halldór Kiljan Laxness
- Peace - not awarded
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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