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Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1955
[edit] January
- January 2 – José Antonio Remón Cantera, president of Panama, is assassinated at a race track in Panama City.
- January 7 – Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
- January 18 – January 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- January 22 – The Pentagon announces a plan to develop ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) armed with nuclear weapons.
- January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17 near Birmingham, England.
- January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941.
- January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China.
[edit] February
- February 1 – Ray Kroc opens a McDonald's fast food restaurant (the company's 9th since it was founded in 1940), but Kroc later takes over the company and oversees its worldwide expansion.
- February 10 – The Seventh Fleet of the United States Navy helps the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.
- February 12 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam.
- February 16 – Nearly 100 die in a fire at a home for the elderly in Yokohama, Japan.
- February 22 – In Chicago's Democratic primary, Mayor Martin H. Kennelly loses to the head of the Cook County Democratic Party, Richard J. Daley, 364,839 to 264,77.
[edit] March
- March 5 – WBBJ signs on the air in the Jackson, Tennessee as WDXI.
- March 7 – The 1954 Broadway musical version of Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin, is presented on television for the first time by NBC
(also the first time that a stage musical is presented in its entirety on TV exactly as performed on stage). The program gains the largest viewership of a TV special up to that time, and becomes one of the first great television classics.
- March 12 – Charlie Parker dies in New York at age 34.
- March 17 – The Richard Riot occurs in Montreal.
- March 19 – KXTV signs on the air in the United States.
- March 20 – Evan Hunter's adaptation of Blackboard Jungle premieres in the U.S., featuring the famous single, Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and his Comets, thus propelling rock and roll as a musical genre. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to the song.
[edit] April
- April 5 – Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- April 5 – Richard J. Daley defeats Robert Merrian to become mayor of Chicago by a vote of 708,222 to 581,555.
- April 6 – Anthony Eden becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- April 11 – The Taiwanese Kuomintang sabotages the "Kashmir Princess", killing 16 but failing to assassinate People's Republic of China leader Zhou Enlai.
- April 11 – Two ferries on the Inland Sea sink killing 168 children, prompting the construction of the Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge.
- April 12 – The Salk polio vaccine is introduced.
- April 16 – The Burma-Japanese peace treaty signed in Rangoon on November 5, 1954 comes into force, formally ending the state of war.
- April 17 – Imre Nagy, Premier of Hungary, is ousted for being too moderate.
- April 18–24 – Asian-African Conference.
[edit] May
- May 5 – West Germany becomes a sovereign state.
- May 9 – West Germany joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- May 11 – The Japanese ferry Shiun Maru sinks off of Takamatsu, Shikoku; 168 are killed.
- May 14 – Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defence treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
- May 19 – The Austrian State Treaty, which restores Austria's sovereignty, is concluded between the four occupying powers of World War II and Austria.
[edit] June
- June 7 – The $64,000 Question premieres on CBS television, with Hal March as the host.
- June 11 – 1955 Le Mans disaster: Eighty-three are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide.
- June 13 – Mir Mine, the first diamond mine of the USSR, is discovered.
- June 16 – Lady and the Tramp, Walt Disney's 15th animated film, premieres in Chicago, Illinois.
[edit] July
- July 7 – The New Zealand Special Air Service is formed.
- July 13 – Ruth Ellis (b. 1926) is hanged for murder in London (the last woman ever to be executed in the United Kingdom).
- July 17 – Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California.
- July 18 – The first atomic-generated electrical power is sold commercially, powering Arco, Idaho.
- July 18 – Illinois's Governor William Stratton signs the Loyalty Oath Act, that mandates all public employees take a loyalty oath or lose their jobs.
- July 18 – The Geneva Summit between the US, USSR, UK, and France begins.
- July 19 – Estonian Television (ETV) begins broadcasting.
- July 23 – The Geneva Summit between the US, USSR, UK, and France ends.
- July 27 – El Al Flight 402 from Vienna to Tel Aviv-Yafo via Istanbul is shot down over Bulgaria. All 58 passengers and crew aboard the Lockheed Constellation are killed.
- July 28 – The first Interlingua Congress in Tours, France, leads to the founding of the Union Mundial pro Interlingua.
[edit] August
- August 19 – Hurricane Diane hits the northeast United States, killing 200 and causing over $1 billion in damage.
- August 20 – Hundreds are killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria.
- August 22 – Eleven schoolchildren are killed when their school bus is hit by a freight train in Spring City, Tennessee.
- August 25 – The last Soviet forces leave Austria.
- August 27 – The first copy of a Guinness World Records book is published.
- August 28 – Emmett Till is killed in Money, Mississippi.
[edit] September
- September 6 – Istanbul Pogrom: Istanbul's Greek minority is the target of a government-sponsored pogrom.
- September 10 – Gunsmoke debuts on the CBS television network.
- September 12 – Gorseinon College is established.
- September 15 – Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is published in Paris by Olympia Press.
- September 19 – President of Argentina Juan Peron is ousted in a military coup.
- September 19 – Hurricane Hilda kills 200 people in Mexico.
- September 21 – Juan Perón loses power in a military coup.
- September 22 – Independent Commercial Television (ITV) begins broadcasting in the UK.
- September 24 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffers a coronary thrombosis while on vacation in Denver.
- September 30 – Actor James Dean is killed when his Porsche 550 Spyder collides with another automobile at a highway junction near Cholame, California. He's 24 years old.
[edit] October
- October 3 – The Mickey Mouse Club airs on the ABC television network.
- October 4 – The Reverend Sun Myung Moon is released from prison in Seoul, Korea.
- October 4 – The Brooklyn Dodgers finally win the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees 2-0 in Game 7 of the 1955 Fall Classic.
- October 11 – 70-mm film is introduced with the theatrical release of Rodgers and Hammerstein's masterpiece, Oklahoma!
- October 20 – The first film footage of Elvis Presley is filmed as part of a film short about Cleveland disc jockey Bill Randle.
- October 20 – Cardiff is proclaimed as the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
- October 25 – the death of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atom bomb disease
- October 26 – After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares its permanent neutrality.
- October 26 – Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as president.
[edit] November
- November 1 – A time bomb explodes in the cargo hold of United Airlines Flight 629, a Douglas DC-6B airliner flying above Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and 5 crew members on board.
- November 3 – The five-and-a-half-mile Rimutaka Railway tunnel opens in New Zealand.
- November 5 – Racial segregation is forbidden on trains and buses in U.S. interstate commerce.
- November 12 – The Bugs Bunny cartoon Roman-Legion Hare debuts in the U.S.A.
- November 20 – Bo Diddley makes his television debut on Ed Sullivan's Toast Of The Town show for the CBS network.
- November 23 – The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia.
- November 27 – Fred Phelps establishes the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas.
[edit] December
- December 1 – Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person, and the national civil rights movement begins.
- December 5 – The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge to become the AFL-CIO.
- December 5 – The Montgomery Improvement Association is formed in Montgomery, Alabama by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other Black ministers to coordinate a Black boycott of city buses.
- December 14 – Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic.
- December 14 – Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.
- December 22 – American cytogeneticist Joe Hin Tjio discovers the correct number of human chromosomes.
- December 31
- General Motors becomes the first American corporation to make over USD $1 billion in a year.
- Michigan J. Frog, a cartoon character, made its debut in One Froggy Evening
[edit] Undated
- Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport (Flughafen Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach) is founded.
[edit] Ongoing
- Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
- Marshall Plan
- Mau Mau Uprising (1952-1960)
[edit] World population
- World population: 2,755,823,000
- – Africa: 246,746,000
- – Asia: 1,541,947,000
- – Europe: 575,184,000
- – South America: 190,797,000
- – Northern America: 186,884,000
- – Oceania: 14,265,000
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1955 MCMLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2708 |
| Armenian calendar | 1404 ԹՎ ՌՆԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 111 – 112 |
| Berber calendar | 2905 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2499 |
| Burmese calendar | 1317 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7463 – 7464 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年十二月初八日 (4591/4651-12-8) — to —
乙未年十一月十八日(4592/4652-11-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 1671 – 1672 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1947 – 1948 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5715 – 5716 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2010 – 2011 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1877 – 1878 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5056 – 5057 |
| Holocene calendar | 11955 |
| Iranian calendar | 1333 – 1334 |
| Islamic calendar | 1374 – 1375 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōwa 30 (昭和30年) |
| Korean calendar | 4288 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2498 |
[edit] January
- January 1 – Mario Andreacchio, Australian film director
- January 1 – Stephen Mallinder, English musician (Cabaret Voltaire)
- January 2 – Tex Brashear, American voice actor
- January 2 – Vivien Savage, French singer
- January 6 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
- January 12 – Rockne O'Bannon, American writer and television producer
- January 13 – Paul Kelly, Australian musician
- January 13 – Jay McInerney, American writer
- January 15 – Nigel Benson, British author and illustrator
- January 17 – Steve Earle, American musician
- January 18 – Kevin Costner, American actor
- January 19 – Simon Rattle, English conductor
- January 20 – Joe Doherty, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
- January 25 – Terry Chimes, British rock drummer (The Clash)
- January 26 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-born rock musician (Van Halen)
- January 27 – John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States
- January 27 – Alexander Stuart, British author
- January 28 – Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France
- January 28 – Vinod Khosla, Venture Capitalist
[edit] February
- February 3 – Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist
- February 3 – Kirsty Wark, Scottish television presenter
- February 6 – Michael Pollan, American journalist
- February 7 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor
- February 8 – John Grisham, American novelist
- February 10 – Chris Adams, British professional wrestler and judoka (d. 2001)
- February 10 – Greg Norman, Australian golfer
- February 12 – Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
- February 15 – Christopher McDonald, American actor
- February 16 – Hunt Block, American actor
- February 17 – Mo Yan, Chinese writer
- February 19 – Jeff Daniels, American actor
- February 20 – Kelsey Grammer, American actor
- February 23 – Tom Bodett, American voice actor, radio personality, and writer
- February 23 – Howard Jones, English musician
- February 23 – Flip Saunders, American basketball coach
- February 24 – Alain Prost, French race car driver
- February 24 – Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer
[edit] March
- March 2 – Jay Osmond, American pop singer
- March 4 – Dominique Pinon, French actor
- March 5 – Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian
- March 5 – Julien Dray, French politician
- March 6 – Alberta Watson, Canadian actress
- March 7 – Tommy Kramer, American football player
- March 8 – Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
- March 10 – Youssra, Egyptian actress and singer
- March 11 – Nina Hagen, German pop star
- March 13 – Geoff Ablett, Australian rules footballer
- March 15 – Dee Snider, American rock singer (Twisted Sister)
- March 16 – Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
- March 16 – Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director
- March 17 – Gary Sinise, American actor
- March 18 – Guillermo Dávila, Venezuelan actor and singer
- March 19 – Simon Yam, Hong Kong actor
- March 19 – Bruce Willis, American actor
- March 22 – Pete Sessions, American politician
- March 22 – Valdis Zatlers, president of Latvia
- March 22 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress
- March 23 – Moses Malone, American basketball player
- March 26 – Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
- March 28 – John Alderdice, Irish politician
- March 28 – Reba McEntire, American singer and actress
- March 29 – Earl Campbell, American football player
- March 29 – Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
- March 30 – Paul Reiser, American actor
- March 31 – Angus Young, Australian rock guitarist (AC/DC)
[edit] April
- April 1 – Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer turned journalist
- April 3 – Mick Mars, American musician with Motley Crue
- April 5 – Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
- April 5 – Janice Long, British radio disc jockey
- April 6 – Michael Rooker, American actor
- April 6 – Janet Ellis, British children's TV presenter
- April 7 – Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993)
- April 7 – Akira Nishino, Japanese soccer player and manager
- April 8 – Barbara Kingsolver, American fiction writer
- April 8 – Kane Hodder, American actor
- April 9 – Kate Heyhoe, American food writer
- April 11 – Kevin Brady, American politician
- April 13 – Steve Camp, American musician
- April 15 – Dodi Al-Fayed, Egyptian businessman (d. 1997)
- April 16 – Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
- April 20 – Seema Mustafa, Indian politician and journalist
- April 21 – Ebiet G Ade, Indonesian singer and songwriter
- April 23 – Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)
- April 23 – Fumi Hirano, Japanese voice actress and essayist
- April 23 – Judy Davis, Australian actress
- April 24 – John de Mol, Dutch media tycoon
- April 25 – John Nunn, English chess player and mathematician
- April 25 – Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor
- April 26 – Chen Daoming, Chinese actor
- April 29 – Kate Mulgrew, American actress
- April 29 – Wendee Lee, American voice actress
[edit] May
- May 1 – Ray Buttigieg, Maltese composer and poet
- May 1 – Nick Feldman, English musician
- May 2 – Willie Miller, Scottish footballer
- May 2 – Dave Winer, American software pioneer
- May 3 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
- May 4 – Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer
- May 6 – Tom Bergeron, American television host
- May 7 – Kevin Reed, American Presbyterian author, theologian and publisher
- May 9 – Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano
- May 10 – Chris Berman, American sports broadcaster (ABC Sports)
- May 10 – Mark David Chapman, American murderer of John Lennon
- May 16 – Olga Korbut, Russian gymnast
- May 16 – Jack Morris, American baseball player
- May 16 – Hazel O'Connor, British singer
- May 16 – Debra Winger, American actress
- May 17 – Bill Paxton, American actor
- May 18 – Chow Yun-Fat, Hong Kong actor
- May 19 – James Gosling, Canadian software engineer
- May 20 – Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
- May 21 – Paul Barber, British field hockey player
- May 21 – Stan Lynch, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
- May 22 – Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, American jazz guitarist (d. 2008)
- May 22 – Jimmy Lyon, American guitarist
- May 22 – Dale Winton, English radio DJ and television presenter
- May 24 – Rosanne Cash, American entertainer
- May 24 – Rumiko Ukai, Jpanese voice actress
- May 26 – Doris Dörrie, German actress and screenplay writer
- May 26 – Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
- May 28 – John McGeoch, Scottish rock musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd.) (d. 2004)
- May 29 – John Hinckley, Jr., American who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan
- May 30 – Topper Headon, British rock drummer (The Clash)
- May 31 – Tommy Emmanuel, Australian guitarist (CGP)
[edit] June
- June 2 – Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian
- June 2 – Michael Steele (musician), American rock bassist (The Bangles)
- June 5 – Fernando Borrego Linares, Cuban singer and songwriter (aka Polo Montañez)
- June 6 – Sandra Bernhard, American comedian, actress, author and singer
- June 7 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (d. 1989)
- June 8 – Tim Berners-Lee, English inventor of the World Wide Web
- June 10 – Andrew Stevens, American actor and film producer
- June 13 – Larry Mike Garmon, American author
- June 14 – Paul O'Grady, English talk show host and comedian
- June 16 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress
- June 18 – Sandy Allen, American, world's tallest woman (d. 2008)
- June 20 – Tor Norretranders, Danish author
- June 21 – Jean-Pierre Mader, French singer-songwriter
- June 21 – Michel Platini, French football player
- June 21 – Aloysius Amwano, Nauruan politician
- June 22 – Glenn Danzig, American rock singer (The Misfits, Samhain, Danzig)
- June 22 – Green Gartside, Welsh singer, songwriter
- June 23 – Alan J. Gow, British motorsport executive
- June 21 – Tim Bray, Canadian computer programmer
- June 24 – Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Indian head of Siddha Yoga
- June 26 – Mick Jones, British rock guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite)
- June 27 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- June 30 – David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian
[edit] July
- July 1 – Sanma Akashiya, Japanese comedian and actor
- July 1 – Lisa Scottoline, American novelist
- July 8 – Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress
- July 9 – Fred Norris, American radio personality
- July 9 – Jimmy Smits, American actor
- July 18 – Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor
- July 21 – Howie Epstein, American musician and producer (d. 2003)
- July 22 – Willem Dafoe, American actor
- July 22 – Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani politician
- July 27 – Allan Border, Australian cricketer
- July 31 – Jakie Quartz, French singer
[edit] August
- August 2 – Caleb Carr, American writer
- August 4 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor
- August 7 – Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer
- August 8 – Diddú (Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir), Icelandic soprano and songwriter
- August 9 – Doug Williams, American football quarterback
- August 17 – Wesley Eure, American actor
- August 19 – Peter Gallagher, American actor
- August 22 – Chiranjeevi, Indian actor
- August 24 – Mike Huckabee, American politician, former Governor and 2008 Presidential candidate
- August 27 – Laura Fygi, Dutch singer
- August 31 – Edwin Moses, American athlete
[edit] September
- September 1 – Bruce Foxton, English musician
- September 2 – Robert Duncan, American astrophysicist
- September 3 – Steve Jones, English rock guitarist (Sex Pistols)
- September 7 – Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
- September 9 – John Kricfalusi, Canadian cartoonist
- September 10 – Pat Mastelotto, American musician
- September 12 – Peter Scolari, American actor
- September 15 – Željka Antunović, Croatian politician
- September 15 – Renzo Rosso, Italian clothing designer
- September 16 – Robin Yount, American baseball player
- September 17 – Charles Martinet, American voice-actor
- September 19 – Richard Burmer, American composer, sound designer, and musician (d. 2006)
- September 21 – Richard Hieb, American astronaut
- September 23 – Don Graham, American journalist
- September 25 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German football player
- September 28 – Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician
[edit] October
- October 2 – Philip Oakey, English rock musician (The Human League)
- October 5 – Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
- October 5 – Caroline Loeb, French singer and actress
- October 7 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-born Chinese cellist
- October 13 – Sergei Shepelev, Russian ice hockey player
- October 15 – Kulbir Bhaura, British field hockey player
- October 15 – James B. Aguayo-Martel, physician, surgeon, scientist, inventor
- October 18 – Timmy Mallett, British television presenter
- October 21 – Rich Mullins, American Christian musician (d. 1997)
- October 28 – Bill Gates, American software entrepreneur
- October 28 – Indra Nooyi, Indian CEO
- October 29 – Kevin DuBrow, American musician (d. 2007)
[edit] November
- November 2 – Chris Burnett, American saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands and band leader
- November 3 – Phil Simms, American football player
- November 4 – Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
- November 5 – Karan Thapar, Indian journalist, political analyst & commentator
- November 6 – Maria Shriver, American journalist, First Lady of California
- November 7 – Detlef Ultsch, German judo athlete
- November 9 – Karen Dotrice, English actress
- November 11 – Jigme Singye Wangchuk, King of Bhutan
- November 13 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and comedienne
- November 14 – Koichi Nakano, Japanese bicycle racer
- November 20 – Lee Wardlaw, American Novelist
- November 20 – Ray Ozzie, American computer programmer
- November 21 – Kyle Gann, American composer and music critic
- November 23 – Steven Brust, American author
- November 24 – Ian Botham, British cricketer
- November 27 – Bill Nye, American science presenter and public television host
- November 29 – Howie Mandel, Canadian actor and game show host
- November 30 – Kevin Conroy, American voice actor
- November 30 – Billy Idol, British rock singer
- November 30 – Gordon Liu, Chinese actor
[edit] December
- December 3 – Steven Culp, American actor
- December 4 – Maurizio Bianchi, Italian musician
- December 7 – Priscilla Barnes, American actress
- December 8 – Ian Greig, English cricketer
- December 12 – Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Greek politician and businesswoman
- December 15 – Paul Simonon, British rock bassist (The Clash)
- December 17 – Brad Davis, American basketball player
- December 16 – Rob Levin, American founder of the freenode IRC network
- December 18 – Ray Liotta, American actor
- December 21 – Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
- December 23 – Carol Ann Duffy, British poet
- December 24 – Clarence Gilyard, American actor
- December 27 – Barbara Olson, American television commentator (d. 2001)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January
- January 1 – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian scientist (b. 1894)
- January 2 – Jose Antonio Remon, President of Panama (assassinated) (b. 1908)
- January 6 – Yevgeny Tarle, Soviet historian (b. 1874)
- January 11 – Rodolfo Graziani, Italian General (b. 1882)
- January 15 – Yves Tanguy, French painter (b. 1900)
- January 18 – August Duesenberg, German-born American automobile manufacturer (b. 1879)
- January 21 – Archie Hahn, American athlete (b. 1880)
- January 24 – Ira Hayes, U.S. Marine (b. 1923)
- January 29 – Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1903)
- January 31 – John Mott, American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865)
[edit] February
- February 12 – Tom Moore, Irish-American film actor (b. 1883)
[edit] March
- March 9 – Matthew Henson, American explorer (b. 1866)
- March 11 – Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1881)
- March 12 – Charlie Parker, American saxophonist (b. 1920)
- March 23 – Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (b. 1875)
[edit] April
- April 7 – Theda Bara, American film actress (b. 1885)
- April 18 – Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
[edit] May
- May 4 – Georges Enescu, Romanian composer (b. 1881)
- May 10 – Tommy Burns, American boxer (b. 1881)
- May 10 – John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (b. 1865)
- May 11 – Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
- May 16 – James Agee, American writer (b. 1909)
- May 18 – Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator (b. 1875)
- May 26 – Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)
[edit] June
- June 5 – Pattillo Higgins, American oil pioneer and businessman (b. 1863)
- June 19 – Adrienne Monnier, French poet (b. 1892)
- June 24 – Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (b. 1890)
- June 25 – Vito Corleone, Italian-American mob moss (b. 1891) -- fictional character
[edit] July
- July 3 – Beatrice Chase, British writer (b. 1874)
- July 13 – Stanley Price, American film and television actor (b. 1892)
- July 23 – Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1871)
[edit] August
- August 2 – Wallace Stevens, American poet (b. 1879)
- August 5 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1909)
- August 12 – Thomas Mann, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
- August 12 – James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- August 13 – Florence Easton, English opera soprano (b. 1882)
- August 28 – Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
[edit] September
- September 24 – Ib Schønberg, Danish actor (b. 1902)
- September 30 – James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
[edit] October
- October 1 – Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)
- October 9 – Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1875)
- October 8 – Iry LeJeune, Cajun musician (b. 1928)
- October 18 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (b. 1883)
[edit] November
- November 4 – Cy Young, American baseball player (b. 1867)
- November 5 – Maurice Utrillo, French artist (b. 1882)
- November 12 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)
- November 22 – Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges) (b. 1895)
- November 27 – Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (b. 1892)
[edit] December
- December 6 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player (b. 1874)
- December 13 – Egas Moniz, Portuguese neurologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1874)
- December 21 – Garegin Njdeh, Armenian statesman (b. 1886)
- December 25 – Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of President Benjamin Harrison and Mary Dimmick Harrison (b. 1897)
- December 25 – Thomas J. Preston, Jr., professor of Archeology at Princeton University; he married Frances Cleveland, widow of President Grover Cleveland (b. 1862)
- December 27 – Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, English soldier (b. 1881)
[edit] Nobel Prizes
- Physics – Willis Eugene Lamb, Polykarp Kusch
- Chemistry – Vincent du Vigneaud
- Physiology or Medicine- Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell
- Literature – Halldór Kiljan Laxness
- Peace – not awarded
[edit] Sports[1]
[edit] Baseball
- The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4 games to 3 to win the World Series.
[edit] American Football
- The Cleveland Browns beat the Los Angeles Rams 38-14 for the NFL championship in Los Angeles.
[edit] Basketball
- The Syracuse Nationals beat the Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 3 to win the NBA title.
[edit] Hockey
- The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3 to win the Stanley Cup
[edit] Notes
- ^ Nite, Norm N. (1992). ROCK ON ALMANAC: The First Four Decades of Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Chronology; 2nd Edition. New York, New York: Harper Collins. pp. p26. ISBN 0-06-273157-2.
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