In 2000, Australian actor Barry Humphries won the Special Tony Award for a live theatrical event at the 55th Annual Tony Awards for Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, Dame Edna being his " Melbourne Housewife " alter-ego who was recently on Broadway in the show All About Me.

* For the 55th Annual Directors Guild Awards, Julie Dash was nominated for her Outstanding Directorial Achievement on The Rosa Parks Story.

* 2000: Special Tony Award for a live theatrical event at the 55th Annual Tony Awards for Dame Edna: The Royal Tour

Sava Centar has been the host of significant congress gatherings and artistic programs: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Annual General Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, 55th Annual General Meeting of Interpol, 6th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, General Meeting of UNESCO, FOREX, FISIT and 9th Summit of the non-aligned countries.

Dizzy ’ s Den: Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour / 55th Anniversary Celebration with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Ambrose Akinmusire, Chris Potter, Benny Green, and Lewis Nash ; Tribute to Cal Tjader: Directed by Michael Wolff with Warren Wolf, Pete Escovedo, John Santos, Robb Fisher and Vince Lateano ; Ben Williams & Sound Effect ; Conversation: Reflections on The Real Ambassadors hosted by Bill Minor ; Annual DownBeat Blindfold Test hosted by Dan Ouellette.

The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 21, 2003.

The film was nominated for nine Oscars at the 55th Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

" Starting from the 55th Grammy Awards in 2013, mastering engineers will be considered nominees and award recipients in this category.

Tron received nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Sound at the 55th Academy Awards, and received the Academy Award for Technical Achievement 14 years later.

* 55th Academy Awards

During the 55th Filmfare Awards, Kapoor received another Best Actress nomination for her role.

However in June 2012, the Board of Trustees announced that it will be bringing back the category for the 55th Grammy Awards with the following description: " for albums containing at least 51 percent playing time of new vocal or instrumental Latin pop recordings ".

However following protests and a lawsuit made by Latin jazz musicians, the Recording Academy announced it will be bringing back the category for the 55th Grammy Awards.

However in June 2012 the Recording Academy announced that the category will be brought back for the 55th Grammy Awards under the ( slightly revised ) name of Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album.

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards.

( 22 January 826 – 7 October 858 ) was the 55th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

* 1919 – René Barrientos, Bolivian politician, 55th President of Bolivia ( d. 1969 )

* 1892 – Leverett Saltonstall, American politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts ( d. 1979 )

* March 7 – Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos, 55th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller ( b. c. 1542 )

* September 6 – Chris Christie, 55th governor of New Jersey

Spiro Theodore Agnew (; November 9, 1918September 17, 1996 ) was the 39th Vice President of the United States ( 1969 – 1973 ), serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland ( 1967 – 1969 ).

* 55th Electronic Combat Group, 1 April 1992 – present

* 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing ( and subsequent redesignations ), 16 August 1966 – Present

* 55th Electronic Combat Group, 1 April 1992 – Present

** 29 May – Al Unser, Sr. wins the 55th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Johnny Lightning Special Colt-Ford.

* Fasti Hellenici, the Civil and Literary Chronology of Greece from the 55th to the 124th Olympiad ( 1824 – 1851 ), including dissertations on points of Greek history and Scriptural chronology ; and

AFHV finished the 2009 – 2010 season at the 55th rank, with an approximate average of 7. 52 million viewers, and finished in 69th in viewers 18 – 49, with 2. 0 / 6.

* 15 February 1918 – 22 March 1918: Relieved by 55th Division.

* 1999 – 2000: 55th

* 55th Wing, 1 Oct 2002 – present

* 55th Bombardment: 1944 – 1945

* March 3 – England-based P-38 Lightning fighters of the U. S. Army Air Forces 55th Fighter Group become the first Allied fighters to escort bombers all the way to Berlin.

He served as the 47th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as the 55th and 57th Governor of Ohio, and as a United States Senator from Ohio for two terms ( 1957 – 1969 ).

** New York ’ s 55th Assembly District – William Boyland, Jr.

The venue had been named the site of the 2005 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament ; however, when the NHL announced in early 2004 that the 55th NHL All-Star Game, scheduled for February 2005 would be held in Atlanta, arena officials withdrew the Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament – which was then moved 140 miles to the northeast along Interstate 85 to the BI-LO Center in Greenville, South Carolina.

Leverett A. Saltonstall ( September 1, 1892June 17, 1979 ) was an American Republican politician who served as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts ( 1939 – 1945 ) and as a United States Senator ( 1945 – 1967 ).

The Economist 2009 Full Time MBA rankings ranked the university's Graduate School of Management at 55th in the world, 4th in the Asia-Pacific region and 2nd in Australia following Melbourne University's Melbourne Business School.

* In 2001, TV Guide listed " Fall Out " as the 55th Greatest TV Episode of All Time.

In 2009, Shaw was named IGN's 55th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

The 55th, 56th and the 77th to 88th floors were bought by the HKMA for US $ 480 million in 2001.

The 55th, 56th and the 77th to 88th floors were bought for US $ 480 million in 2001.

The 055 Brigade ( or 55th Arab Brigade ) was an elite guerrilla organization sponsored and trained by Al Qaeda that was integrated into the Taliban army between 1995 and 2001.

The book ranks 55th on Publishers Weekly's All-Time Bestselling Children's Book List for the United States, with 2, 209, 774 copies sold as of 2001.

It was also in late 2001 that Pe ' er won the 55th annual Ericsson Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships under-14 girls ' title without dropping a single set, competing with 127 other girls in what is considered the unofficial world championships for youth.