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1955




Year 1955 (''' MCMLV ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian Calendar ).


EVENTS OF 1955


January








February




March




  • March 7 - The 1954 Broadway Musical version of '' Peter Pan '', starring Mary Martin , is presented on television for the first time by NBC . It also marks the first time that a stage musical is presented in its entirety on TV exactly as performed onstage. The program gains the largest viewership of a TV special up to that time, and becomes one of the first great television classics.





April

: Polio ]]







: McDonald's ]]












August




  • August 27 - The first copy of a Guinness World Records book was printed and sold.





September












October







November


: Austria free.]]



December

: Tappan Zee Bridge opens.]]

: Cardiff Bay (modern day)]]





Undated



Ongoing



Fictional



World population


: - Asia : 1,541,947,000
: - Europe : 575,184,000
: - Latin-America : 190,797,000
: - Northern America : 186,884,000
: - Oceania : 14,265,000


BIRTHS



January-February





March-April






May-June





July-August



September-October




November-December





DEATHS


::''(See 1955 list of deaths by name: .)''


January-June




July-December




NOBEL PRIZES



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