* 1955 – Rob Epstein, American filmmaker and journalist

* 1955 – Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian serial killer

* 1955 – Cathy Jones, Canadian comedian

* 1955 – Blind Mississippi Morris, American blues musician

* 1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor

* 1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.

* 1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist

* 1955 – Dimitra Liani, Greek air hostess, widow of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou

* 1955 – Laura Fygi, Dutch singer

* 1955 – Robert Richardson, American cinematographer

* 1955 – Diana Scarwid, American actress

* 1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.

* 1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet ( d. 1955 )

* 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer ( d. 2008 )

* 1955 – Rusty Magee, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* 1955 – Peter Schmuck, American columnist

* 1955 – John E. Sweeney, American politician

* 1955 – Keith Ahlers, English race car driver

* 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver

* 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English director

* 1865 – John Radecki, Australian artist ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Caleb Carr, American author and historian

* 1955 – Tim Dunigan, American actor

* 1955 – Tony Godden, English footballer

Barbara Olson ( December 27, 1955 September 11, 2001 ) was a lawyer and conservative American television commentator who worked for CNN, Fox News Channel, and several other outlets.

* 1923 – Barbara Graham, American murderer ( d. 1955 )

This led to a long-term MGM contract and a sequence of films, which included the musical The Glass Slipper ( 1955 ) and the drama Man with a Cloak ( 1956 ), with Joseph Cotten and Barbara Stanwyck.

** Barbara Olson, American television commentator ( b. 1955 )

The original Broadway production, which opened in 1955, was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Barbara Bel Geddes as Maggie ; Ben Gazzara as Brick ; Burl Ives as Big Daddy ; Mildred Dunnock as Big Mama ; Pat Hingle as Gooper ; and Madeleine Sherwood as Mae.

References: Washington Geologic Survey Bulletin No. 3 by George Watkin Evans ( 1912 ); Washington State Coal Mine Inspector Reports ( 1887 – 1975 ); Ravensdale Reflections by Barbara Nilson ( copyright 2004 ; Washington State Place Names by James Phillips ( 1972 ); Voice of the Valley newspaper ( December 16, 2008 page 8 ); State of Washington Fatal Accident Report for 1955 by C. R.

Over the next 13 years George and Barbara Bush had six children: George W. Bush ( born July 6, 1946 ), Pauline Robinson Bush ( December 20, 1949 – October 11, 1953, died of leukemia ), John Ellis " Jeb " Bush ( born February 11, 1953 ), Neil Mallon Bush ( born January 22, 1955 ), Marvin Pierce Bush ( born October 22, 1956 ), and Dorothy Bush Koch ( born August 18, 1959 ).

Neil Mallon Pierce Bush ( born January 22, 1955 ) is the fourth of six children of former President George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Bush ( Barbara Lane Pierce ).

Two episodes, both directed by Hitchcock himself, were nominated for Emmy Awards: " The Case of Mr. Pelham " ( 1955 ) with Tom Ewell and " Lamb to the Slaughter " ( 1958 ) with Barbara Bel Geddes.

They had twelve children, six boys and six girls: Oliver William Foster ( 1878 – 1955 ), Francis Brodie ( 1880 – 1967 ), Alec ( 1881 – 1938 ), Lionel ( 1883 – 1948 ), Noel ( 1885 – 1962 ), Violet ( 1888 – 1924 ), Raymond ( 1889 – 1915 ), Honor ( 1891 – 1979 ), Lorna ( 1892 – 1987 ), Norah ( 1894 – 1990 ), Barbara ( 1896 – 1983 ), and Rosalynde ( 1896 – 1983 ).

He married Margaret R. Howell, May 30, 1930 ; children: James Newcomb, Carol, Marian ; married Mary Barnett Garfield, January 16, 1955 ; children: Sarah Newcomb, Emily Baldwin ; and married Barbara Floyd Osterman, February 8, 1986.

* Barbara Babcock ( 1955 )-Emmy-award winning actress for Hill Street Blues

Hunter's first marriage from 1950 to 1955 to actress Barbara Rush produced a son, Christopher ( born 1952 ).

* Barbara Graham: convicted murderer, executed in the gas chamber on June 3, 1955.

He was born 8 July 1955, educated at Gresham's School and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, married in 1978 Rachel Caroline Vincent Millett, and has one son and three daughters: Fiona Joan Margaret ( b. 1979 ), Sarah Barbara Sibell ( b. 1981 ), Charles Edward Millett ( b. 1983 ), and Julia Rachel Caroline ( b. 1984 ).

Barbara Graham ( June 26, 1923 – June 3, 1955 ) was an American criminal and convicted murderer.

He began practicing law in Santa Barbara in 1955, serving concurrently as a Santa Barbara County deputy district attorney.

* Barbara Tilden ( born 1955 ), field hockey player from New Zealand

Trevor Eyton has been married to Barbara Jane Montgomery since 1955.

* Barbara McClintock ( illustrator ) ( born 1955 ), American artist

Zuckmayer kept writing: Barbara Blomberg premiered in Konstanz in 1949 and Das kalte Licht in Hamburg in 1955.

* Barbara Lyon ( 1955 )