* 1955 – Evan Bayh, American politician, 46th Governor of Indiana, and United States Senator from Indiana

In 1955, Bogra appointed communist leader Abu Hussain Sarkar as Chief Minister and Amiruddin Ahmad as Governor.

* July 25 – Herbert Stanley, Governor of Northern Rhodesia, Ceylon and Southern Rhodesia ( d. 1955 )

Ernest Frederick " Fritz " Hollings ( born January 1, 1922 ) served as a Democratic United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005, as well as the 106th Governor of South Carolina ( 1959 – 1963 ) and the 77th Lieutenant Governor ( 1955 – 1959 ).

* James E. " Big Jim " Folsom, Governor of Alabama 1947-51 and 1955 – 59

Located in northern Bexley, the Governor ’ s Mansion — originally built as a private residence in 1925 and given to the state in 1955 — has been home to Ohio governors from 1957 – 2010, when Governor John Kasich controversially decided to reside at his home in Westerville.

Included among De Leon's most distinguished citizens are former Texas Speaker of the House and later Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, a protégé of John B. Connally and Lyndon B. Johnson, and the 1955 Pulitzer Prize winner William White, whose The Taft Story focuses upon Republican presidential contender Robert A. Taft.

* Maria Imelda " Imee " Marcos ( born November 12, 1955 ) Governor of Ilocos Norte

* in Austria, until 27 July 1955 when Allied occupation ends, restoring Austrian sovereignty, it was administered as a British Zone ( 6 consecutive High Commissioners, July 1945 ), a US Zone ( 4 incumbents from 5 July 1945 ), a Soviet Zone ( 4 from July 1945 ; only this had first been under a Military Governor from 8 April 1945 ) and a French Zone ( 2, from 8 July 1945 );

Using the income derived from his legal fees, Barnett sought to try his hand at politics, unsuccessfully running twice for Governor of Mississippi, in 1951 and 1955.

He made one last attempt at running for Governor in 1955 but was defeated by James P. Coleman, and after that defeat returned to practicing law full time.

Orville Lothrop Freeman ( May 9, 1918February 20, 2003 ) was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961, and as the U. S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Born in Brainerd, Minnesota, he served as the 28th Governor of Minnesota from September 27, 1951 to January 5, 1955.

* Thomas E. Dewey ( 1902 – 1971 ) was the Governor of New York ( 1943 – 1955 ) and the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U. S. Presidency in 1944 and 1948.

Orval Eugene Faubus ( January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994 ) was the 36th Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1955 to 1967.

* Calixto Zaldivar – former representative, Lone District of Antique ( 1934 – 1935 ), former Governor of Antique ( 1951 – 1955 ) and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court ( 1964 – 1974 ).

In Canada, the 1955 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the nineteenth such awards.

Michael Dale " Mike " Huckabee ( born August 24, 1955 ) is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas ( 1996-2007 ).

Junius Marion Futrell ( August 14, 1870-June 20, 1955 ) was the 30th Governor of Arkansas from 1933 to 1937, and the Acting Governor for a short period in 1913.

He served as Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, as a member of the United States Senate from 1959 to 1980, and as Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981.

Clydia Mae Richardson, who led the effort to put the seal on display, and John Foster Dulles imprint a document during the 1955 ceremony

John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. ( born May 29, 1955 ) attempted to assassinate U. S. President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D. C., on March 30, 1981, as the culmination of an effort to impress teen actress Jodie Foster.

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 ).

At the age of seventeen, Foster left the farm and moved to Washington, D. C., where he would eventually work for Mercury Records and ABC-Paramount Records ( 1955 ).

Dissatisfied with the containment strategy of John Foster Dulles and the Eisenhower Administration's foreign policy in general, he founded FPRI in 1955 with support from the University of Pennsylvania and the Smith Richardson Foundation.

* Foster AFB, Texas, 8 July 1955

* Bill Foster ( Illinois politician ) ( George William Foster, born 1955 ), American physicist and politician

* Bill Foster ( Illinois politician ) ( born 1955 ), U. S. Congressman ( D-IL ), physicist

* Hope Meets Foster ( Prestige, 1955 )-with Frank Foster

* Hope Meets Foster ( Prestige, 1955 )

In 1955, Menon intervened in the case of several American airmen who had been held by China, meeting with Chinese premier Zhou En-Lai before flying to Washington to confer with and counsel American President Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, at the request of British Prime Minister Anthony Eden .< ref >

Other manuscript books are those of Steadman ( 1955 ), Foster ( c. 1969 ), Tabbush ( 1973-4 ) and Gay ( 1974 ).

One indication of the comprehensiveness of the new American effort was Clinton's visit to Laos, the first by a US Secretary of State since John Foster Dulles in 1955.

From 1955 to 1967, Morgan broadcast an evening radio program of news and commentary, " Edward P. Morgan and the News ," that won him the George Foster Peabody Award, broadcasting's most venerable honor, in 1956.

* Sally Foster, Sally Foster Fundraising founder, Class of 1955

Foster was succeeded in 1945 by Edward William O ' Flaherty Lynam, Superintendent of the Map Room at the British Library and the first of a long line of post-war presidents whose terms of office were restricted to a period of five years: Malcolm Letts ( 1950 – 54 ); Professor J. N. L. Baker ( 1955 – 59 ); Sir Alan Burns ( 1959 – 64 ); Sir Gilbert Laithwaite ( 1964 – 69 ); C. F. Beckingham ( 1969 – 72 ); Esmond S. de Beer ( 1972 – 78 ); Glyndwr Williams ( 1978 – 82 ); David Beers Quinn ( 1982 – 87 ); Sir Harold Smedley ( 1987 – 92 ); Professor Paul E. H. Hair ( 1992 – 97 ); Sarah Tyacke ( 1997 – 2002 ); Professor Roy Bridges ( 2002 – 08 ); Professor Will Ryan ( 2008 – 11 ); and Captain Mike Barritt ( 2011 -).

In November 1952, Furcolo was elected in his own right to the Treasurer's office ; he held that position until January 1955.

But Lippmann turned against what he called the " collectivism " of the Progressive movement he encouraged with its de-emphasis on the foundations of American politics and government and ultimately wrote a work, " The Public Philosophy " ( 1955 ), which came very close to a return to the principles of the American founders.

In 1955 Jack Scruby started producing miniatures using RTV rubber molds, which greatly reduced their expense, and he turned this into a business ( Scruby Miniatures ) in 1957 and started publishing War Game Digest.

In 1955 Tracy turned down William Wyler's The Desperate Hours because he refused to take second-billing to Humphrey Bogart.

When it became apparent that Western countries would not supply Egypt under financial and military terms acceptable to it, Nasser turned to the Soviet bloc and concluded a satisfactory armaments agreement with Czechoslovakia in September 1955.

Refusing to sign a seven-year studio contract, Steiger later turned down the role in the film version in 1955.

There, on July 29, 1947, it was turned on and was in continuous operation until 11: 45 p. m. on October 2, 1955.

After subduing the Binh Xuyen organized crime gang in the Battle for Saigon in 1955, and the Hòa Hảo and other militant religious sects in early 1956, Diệm turned his attention to the Viet Cong.

Upon building Disneyland in 1955, Walt Disney regained a huge amount of popularity among the public, and turned his focus at producing his most ambitious movie ; Sleeping Beauty.

" When Colvin was arrested in March 1955, Nixon thought he had found the perfect person, but the teenager turned out to be pregnant.

He says he turned down an offer to appear in Helen of Troy ( 1955 ) to act at Stratford-upon-Avon.

Her break into big-time show business came in February 1955, when she turned down $ 30 to appear on a Swainsboro radio station in order to see Red Foley and a touring promotional unit of his ABC-TV program Ozark Jubilee in Augusta.

This series of events forms the basis of Les Rois Maudits ( The Accursed Kings ), a series of historical novels written by Maurice Druon between 1955 and 1977, which was also turned into two French television miniseries in 1972 and 2005.

It was turned into a post war housing estate during the years of 1946 and 1955.

Since Germany was forbidden to manufacture aircraft until 1955, he turned his company to manufacturing prefabricated buildings, sewing machines, and small cars — most notably the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller.

Having failed at Gaurisankar, the expedition attempted Cho Oyu, but was turned back by high winds at about 23000 feet .. Lambert returned again to Nepal in 1955 to make the first ascent with Eric Gauchat and Claude Kogan of Ganesh I ( 7, 429m ).

In 1955 he moved to Canada to attend the University of Toronto but after two years turned his hand to journalism and broadcasting.

The roster turned over in 1955, except for Wanzer ; the team moved to the larger

Shepp studied drama at Goddard College from 1955 to 1959, but he eventually turned to music professionally. He played in a Latin jazz band for a short time before joining the band of avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor.

Lake turned to television and stage work and in 1955 married songwriter Joseph A. McCarthy.

With this end in mind, Sihanouk turned to the United States in 1955 and negotiated a military aid agreement that secured funds and equipment for the Royal Khmer Armed Forces ( Forces Armées Royales Khmères — FARK ).

Losing his seat in 1955 turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Crosland, as it enabled him ( as C. A. R.

Lawrence and Lee turned to the live theatre in 1955 with Inherit the Wind, which remains among the most-produced plays in the American theatre.

He stated that he tried out for the show in early 1955 and was turned down.

In the 1950s Samuel Goldwyn turned to making a number of musicals including the 1952 hit Hans Christian Andersen ( his last with Danny Kaye, with whom he had made many others ), and the 1955 hit Guys and Dolls starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine, which was based on the equally successful Broadway musical.