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George de Mestral
invented
Velcro
in
1955
...
357123
Aretha Franklin
had a child
Clarence
on
1/28/1955
...
713590
Graham Greene
wrote
The Quiet American
in
1955
...
339793
James Plunkett
wrote
The Trusting and the Maimed
in
1955
...
339997
Juan Rulfo
wrote
The Burning Plain
in
1955
...
339113
Martin Luther King Jr
wrote
A Comparison of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillic
in
1955
...
400294
Nikos Kazantz?kis
wrote
The Last Temptation of Christ
in
1955
...
339563
Patricia Highsmith
wrote
The Talented Mr. Ripley
in
1955
...
339949
Patrick White
wrote
The Tree of Man
in
1955
...
339987
Pier Paulo Pasolini
wrote
The Ragazzi
in
1955
...
339801
Vladimir Nabokov
wrote
Lolita
in
1955
...
308407
William Gaddis
wrote
The Recognitions
in
1955
...
339814
Khmer Rouge
entered
Vietnam War
in
1955
...
9330
Kingdom of Laos
entered
Vietnam War
in
1955
...
9331
New Zealand
entered
Vietnam War
in
1955
...
9317
North Korea
entered
Vietnam War
in
1955
...
9318
North Vietnam
entered
Vietnam War
in
1955
...
9332
Pathet Lao
entered
Vietnam War
in
1955
...
9333
South Korea
entered
Vietnam War
in
1955
...
9319
South Vietnam
entered
Vietnam War
in
1955
...
9335
Thailand
entered
Vietnam War
in
1955
...
9320
Martin Luther King Jr
graduated
Boston University
on
6/5/1955
...
400293
Rosa Parks
was arrested
on
12/1/1955
...
716638
Martin Luther King Jr
was elected
president of the Montgomery Improvement Associatio
on
12/5/1955
...
400296
Eddie Van Halen
was born
on
1/26/1955
in
Netherlands
...
747501
Steve Jobs
was born
on
2/24/1955
...
138381
Ihor Bilozir
was born
on
3/24/1955
...
733413
Mike Smith
was born
on
4/23/1955
...
136453
John de Mol
was born
on
4/24/1955
...
138738
Jordan
was born
on
6/23/1955
...
136787
Ruprecht
died
on
8/2/1955
...
238509
Pope Paul VI
visited
New York
on
10/15/1955
in
New York City
...
740152
Bill Gates
was born
on
10/28/1955
in
Seattle
...
745492
Arthur Honegger
died
on
11/27/1955
...
238396
Kateryna Hoy
had a child
Olga Romanivna Skavinska
on
12/18/1955
...
752981
?Helen Keller in Her Story?(also known as?The Unco
won
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
in
1955
...
280010
?Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing?
won
Academy Award for Best Original Score
in
1955
...
280807
?Marty
won
Academy Award for Best Director
in
1955
...
279785
?Oklahoma!
won
Academy Award for Best Sound
in
1955
...
282378
Alan Hovhaness
composed
Symphony 2 - Mysterious Mountain
in
1955
...
238346
Aldemaro Romero
released
Dinner in Caracas
in
1955
...
238543
Anna Magnani
won
Academy Award for Best Actress
in
1955
...
277642
Arthur Bliss
composed
Meditations on a Theme of John Blow
in
1955
...
238342
Bank of North America and Trust Company
bought
First National Bank
in
1955
...
302572
Bank of the Manhattan Co.
bought
Chase National Bank
in
1955
...
288174
Bankers Trust
bought
Public National Bank & Trust Co.
in
1955
...
311607
Berthold Goldschmidt
composed
Violin concerto
in
1955
...
238344
Bill Haley & His Comets
released
Rock Around the Clock
in
1955
...
238576
Bill Haley & His Comets
released
Shake, Rattle and Roll
in
1955
...
238579
Bohuslav Martinu
composed
Oboe Concerto
in
1955
...
238341
Cunningham
closed
in
1955
...
361033
Delbert Mann
won
Academy Award for Best Director
in
1955
...
279787
Dmitrij Shostakovic
composed
Violin Concerto 1
in
1955
...
238345
East of Eden
won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in
1955
...
283817
Eddie Fisher
released
Eddie Fisher Sings Academy Award Winning Songs
in
1955
...
238545
Eddie Fisher
released
I Love You
in
1955
...
238551
Eddie Fisher
released
Im in the Mood for Love
in
1955
...
238552
Edwards
closed
in
1955
...
361035
Ernest Borgnine
won
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in
1955
...
277051
Frankie Laine
released
Lovers Laine
in
1955
...
238560
Gaylord
was established
in
1955
...
361036
Guy Mitchell
released
Voice of our Choice
in
1955
...
238589
Hans Henze
composed
Konig Hirsch
in
1955
...
238343
Harold Hecht
won
Academy Award for Best Picture
in
1955
...
281616
Imperial
was established
in
1955
...
361037
Jack Lemmon
won
Academy award for Best Supporting Actor
in
1955
...
283273
Jean Barraque
composed
Sequence
in
1955
...
238348
Jo Stafford
released
Happy Holiday
in
1955
...
238548
Jo Stafford
released
Memory Songs
in
1955
...
238562
Jo Stafford
released
Soft and Sentimental
in
1955
...
238582
Jo Stafford
released
Songs of Scotland
in
1955
...
238583
Jo Van Fleet
won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in
1955
...
283818
Johnnie Ray
released
I Cry for You
in
1955
...
238550
Julie London
released
Julie Is Her Name
in
1955
...
238558
Kaiser
closed
in
1955
...
361043
Kay Starr
released
In a Blue Mood
in
1955
...
238553
Kay Starr
released
The One, the Only Kay Starr
in
1955
...
238573
Kurtis
closed
in
1955
...
361044
Marty
won
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in
1955
...
277056
Marty
won
Academy Award for Best Picture
in
1955
...
282083
Miles Davis
released
Blue Moods
in
1955
...
238539
Miles Davis
released
Miles Davis Volume 1
in
1955
...
238563
Miles Davis
released
Miles Davis Volume 2
in
1955
...
238564
Miles Davis
released
Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet
in
1955
...
238565
Miles Davis
released
Musings of Miles
in
1955
...
238569
Miles Davis
released
Quintet/Sextet
in
1955
...
238574
Mister Roberts
won
Academy award for Best Supporting Actor
in
1955
...
283276
National City Bank of New York
bought
First National Bank of New York
in
1955
...
302574
Olga Khokhlova
died
in
1955
...
1021707
Original Broadway Cast
released
Oklahoma!
in
1955
...
238571
Oscar Peterson
released
In a Romantic Mood
in
1955
...
238554
Oscar Peterson
released
Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie
in
1955
...
238572
Patti Page
released
Romance on the Range
in
1955
...
238577
Perry Como
released
So Smooth
in
1955
...
238581
Pierre Boulez
composed
La Symphonie Mechanique
in
1955
...
238347
Powell
was established
in
1955
...
361048
Ralph Vaughan Williams
composed
Symphony 8
in
1955
...
238338
Sammy Davis Jr.
released
Starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
in
1955
...
238585
Shirley Bassey
in
1955
" You don't get older, you get better."
...
735153
Speedy Gonzales?
won
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
in
1955
...
279019
Studillac
closed
in
1955
...
361052
Teresa Brewer
released
Especially for You...
in
1955
...
238546
The Ames Brothers
released
Four Brothers
in
1955
...
238547
The Four Lads
released
Moments to Remember
in
1955
...
238567
The Rose Tattoo
won
Academy Award for Best Actress
in
1955
...
277648
Thelonious Monk
released
Thelonious Monk plays the Music of Duke Ellington
in
1955
...
238588
Tony Bennett
released
Cloud 7
in
1955
...
238541
Paddy Chayefsky
won
Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
on
1/1955
...
284808
Bartel J. Jonkman
died
in
1955
...
361021
Charles A. Jonas
died
in
1955
...
361024
Charles Laban Abernethy
died
in
1955
...
361025
Doug Ose
was born
in
1955
...
361028
Edna Lewis
lost the job as
pheasant farmer
in
1955
when the entire flock died one evening from an unidentified disease
...
1247598
Edna Lewis
opened
her own restaurant
in
1955
catered for friends and acquaintances
...
1247599
Edna Lewis
closed
her own restaurant
in
1955
...
1247600
J. Roland Kinzer
died
in
1955
...
361029
John E. Nelson
died
in
1955
...
361030
John G. Roberts?
was born
in
1955
...
361040
John G. Utterback
died
in
1955
...
361031
John M. Nelson
died
in
1955
...
361032
Margaret Keane
divorced
Frank Richard Ulbrich
in
1955
...
1250317
Margaret Keane
got a new job as
painter
in
1955
in
San Francisco
clothing and baby cribs
...
1250322
Margaret Keane
met
Walter Keane
in
1955
in
San Francisco
...
1250324
Margaret Keane
married
Walter Keane
in
1955
in
Honolulu
...
1250325
Martin J. Kennedy
died
in
1955
...
361034
Owen Roberts
died
in
1955
...
361046
Pete Jarman
died
in
1955
...
361038
Peter Freuchen
received
Kaptajn H.C. Lundgreens Legat
in
1955
...
753060
Prudential Tower
was built
in
1955
in
Chicago
...
1021465
Richard B. Vail
died
in
1955
...
361039
Richard M. Kleberg
died
in
1955
...
361041
Robert Guillaume
joined
Karamu Players
in
1955
...
1247629
Robert Guillaume
married
Marlene Williams
in
1955
...
1247632
Roy E. Ayers
died
in
1955
...
361042
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
had a child
a daughter
in
1955
...
1023886
Stanyslav Lyudkevych
composed
Dovbush
in
1955
...
753524
William S. Jacobsen
died
in
1955
...
361045
Woodson R. Oglesby
died
in
1955
...
361047
Albania
became a member of
the United Nations
in
1955
...
1325553
CBS
premiered
Captain Kangaroo
in
1955
on weekday mornings.
...
2147487966
Montgomery bus boycott
started
in
1955
in
Alabama
...
1325423
The First Sudanese Civil War
started
in
1955
in
Sudan
...
1324966
Barbara Bush
had a child
Neil Bush
on
1/22/1955
in
Midland, Texas, U.S.
...
1254345
Roman Hoy
had a child
Olga Romanivna Skavinska
on
12/18/1955
in
Lviv
...
1254311
Argentinas Navy
bombed
the Plaza de Mayo
in
1955
in
Argentina
...
2147489726
Astor Piazzolla
popularized
Nuevo tango
in
1955
in
Argentina
a subtler and more intellectual trend for the genre
...
2147489712
Bill Russell
won
NCAA championship
in
1955
in
USF
...
2147494889
Bill Russell
was named
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
in
1955
...
2147494890
Bill Russell
won
in
1955
in
NCAA championship
...
2147494891
Chase National Bank
merged with
the Manhattan Company
in
1955
in
Chase Manhattan Bank
...
2147499075
Cipriano Reyes
was arrested
on charges of terrorism
in
1955
in
Argentina
the meat-packers union leader
...
2147489724
Emmett Till
was murdered
in
1955
...
2147497799
Formosa
became a province
in
1955
in
Argentina
...
2147489725
Great Universal Stores
bought
Burberry
in
1955
...
2147498261
Juan Peron
was deposed
in
1955
in
Argentina
during the Liberating Revolution coup
...
2147489727
Pius XII
revised
the Roman Missal
in
1955
in
Catholic Church
...
2147498592
Richard Daley
was elected
mayor
in
1955
in
Chicago
...
2147500954
The Bank of The Manhattan Company
merged with
Chase Bank
in
1955
...
2147499076
US Congress
passed
Formosa Resolution
in
1955
granting the US president authority to defend the Republic of China's offshore islands
...
2147501226
Chinese Communist Party
captured
Yijiangshan Islands
on
1/1955
in
Chinese Civil War
...
2147501225
Bruce Willis
was born
Walter Bruce Willis
on
3/19/1955
...
2147497938
Bill Gates
was born
William Henry Gates III
on
10/28/1955
...
2147494333
Billboard
unveiled
The Top 10
on
11/12/1955
...
2147495030