* 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

* 1955 – 58 Gunsmoke

Former major league baseball player Paul Pop-ovich, who scored 2, 660 points at Flemington High from 1955 – 58, held the mark for 52 years.

Other sponsors, whose products appeared during the original openings, were Procter & Gamble for Cheer and Lilt Home Permanent ( 1954 – 57 ), General Foods for Sanka ( 1955 – 57 ), Ford Motor Company ( 1957 – 58 ), and Westinghouse company ( 1958 – 60 ).

* Walt Whitman Symphony ( 1955 – 58 ) solo, chorus and orchestra

: Clement Greenberg, art critic ; American-Type Painting, Partisan Review, 1955, p. 58.

As part of the multinational collaboration for the International Geophysical Year ( IGY ) 1957 – 58, Byrd commanded the U. S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I in 1955 – 56, which established permanent Antarctic bases at McMurdo Sound, the Bay of Whales, and the South Pole.

* Bud Shank and Bill Perkins ( 1955 – 58 )-Pacific Jazz

* Ayrshire District Cup: 1899 – 1900, 1903 – 04, 1909 – 10, 1913 – 14, 1914 – 15, 1932 – 33, 1938 – 39, 1946 – 47, 1950 – 51, 1951 – 52, 1954 – 55, 1955 – 56, 1957 – 58, 1970 – 71, 1976 – 77, 1977 – 78, 1981 – 82, 1987 – 88.

Jasper Jooks by Jess " Baldy " Benton ( 1948 –' 49 ), Ozark Ike ( 1945 –' 53 ) and Cotton Woods ( 1955 –' 58 ), both by Ray Gotto, were clearly inspired by Capp's strip.

The Yankees ' Mickey Mantle holds the record for most career World Series runs scored with 42 ( 1951 – 53, 1955 – 58, 1960 – 64 ).

The name also refers to Fireside Theatre, an early television series that ran on NBC from 1949 to 1955, followed by Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre ( 1955 – 58 ); it may also refer to the Fireside Chats radio broadcasts made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a parody of which can be heard in one of the Theatre's Nick Danger adventures.

* Henryk Łowmiański, O pochodzeniu Geografa bawarskiego, Roczniki Historyczne, R. 20, 1955, s. 9 – 58 ; reed: w: Studia nad dziejami Słowiańszczyzny, Polski i Rusi w wiekach średnich, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im.

Within a period of about five years, Thurso's population expanded rapidly, from around 2, 500 to about 12, 000 between 1955 – 58, as the nuclear plant attracted skilled migrants from all parts of the United Kingdom.

Wilson was born in Scotland and was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and Keble College, Oxford ( 1955 – 58, Master of Arts ), and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ( Ph. D. in contemporary Chinese history, obtained in 1973 ).

Their first built project-the ' Flats at Ham Common ' ( 1955 – 58 )-was regarded as a landmark in the development of ' brutalist ' residential architecture, although this was a description both architects rejected.

* The Mickey Mouse Club ( All three versions, 1955 – 58, 1977 – 79, and 1989 – 96 )

Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin (, Nikolaj Aleksandrovič Bulganin ; – 24 February 1975 ) was a prominent Soviet politician, who served as Minister of Defence ( 1953 – 55 ) and Premier of the Soviet Union ( 1955 – 58 ).

The construction by the Bombay Housing Board in Station Colony ( Subash Nagar ), the Shell Colony ( Sahakar Nagar ), and the Township Colony ( Tilak Nagar ) in 1955 – 58 transformed the area completely by shifting it from an industrial suburb to a residential one.

Later, NBC's X Minus One ( 1955 – 58 ) utilized many of the same actors and scripts.

In the post-war era, the most notable multiple winners are three Austrians: Toni Sailer with four straight ( 1955 – 58 ), Karl Schranz with four ( 1959, 1963, 1966, 1969 ), and Franz Klammer with three consecutive ( 1975-77 ).

James Franklin Busby ( January 8, 1927 – July 8, 1996 ) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball and right-handed batter who played for the Chicago White Sox ( 1950 – 52, 1955 ), Washington Senators ( 1952 – 55 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1956 – 57 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 1957 – 58, 1960 – 61 ), Boston Red Sox ( 1959 – 60 ) and Houston Colt. 45's ( 1962 ).

* Derbyshire County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1948 – 51, 1955 – 58

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