What Happened In February 1955 In History

Historical Events for February, 1955

• 8th » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Feudalism in Pakistan called Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• 13th » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea scrolls.
• 18th » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of Effects of nuclear explosions Summary of the effects called 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
• 23rd » First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
• 27th » Soviet Union regional elections, 1955.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1955

• 1st » Ernie Camacho, American baseball player
• 1st » Teresa Pearce, English politician
• 2nd » Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author
• 2nd » Virginia Leng, Maltese horse rider
• 2nd » Bob Schreck, American comic book writer and editor
• 2nd » Kim Zimmer, American actress
• 3rd » Stephen Euin Cobb, American author
• 3rd » Mike Horner (pornographic actor) called Mike Horner, American porn actor
• 3rd » Kirsty Wark, Scottish journalist
• 4th » Mikuláš Dzurinda, Slovak politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia
• 4th » Gerry Stoker, British political scientist
• 5th » Mike Heath, American baseball player
• 6th » Michael Pollan, American journalist
• 6th » Bruno Stolorz, French rugby player and coach
• 7th » Rolf Benirschke, American football player
• 7th » Miguel Ferrer, American actor
• 7th » Jim Sweeney (comedian) or Jim Sweeney, English actor and screenwriter
• 8th » John Grisham, American lawyer and author
• 8th » Jim Neidhart, American wrestler
• 8th » Nancy Oliver, American playwright and screenwriter
• 9th » Jerry Beck, American historian and author
• 9th » Jim J. Bullock, American actor
• 9th » Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
• 10th » Chris Adams (wrestler) called Chris Adams, English-American wrestler (d. 2001)
• 10th » Jim Cramer, American financier and author, co-founded TheStreet.com
• 10th » Greg Norman, Australian golfer
• 12th » Bill Laswell, American bass player and producer (Massacre (experimental band) Massacre, Material (band) Material, Tabla Beat Science, Painkiller (band) Painkiller, and Praxis (band) Praxis)
• 12th » Chet Lemon, American baseball player
• 13th » Joe Birkett, American lawyer and politician
• 14th » Ronald Desruelles, Belgian long jumper
• 14th » James Eckhouse, American actor
• 14th » Carol Kalish, American publisher (d. 1991)
• 15th » Janice Dickinson, American model, agent, and author
• 15th » Christopher McDonald, American actor
• 16th » Hunt Block, American actor
• 17th » Mo Yan, Chinese author, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate
• 18th » Peter Luff, English politician
• 18th » Raymond Rougeau, Canadian wrestler and sportscaster
• 18th » Miles Tredinnick, English singer-songwriter and playwright (London (punk band) called London)
• 19th » Jeff Daniels, American actor, singer, and playwright
• 21st » Kelsey Grammer, American actor, singer, director, and producer
• 22nd » David Axelrod, American journalist and political adviser
• 22nd » Gordon Banks (musician) called Gordon Banks, American guitarist and producer
• 22nd » Tim Young (ice hockey) e.g Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player
• 23rd » Tom Bodett, American voice actor, radio host, and author
• 23rd » Howard Jones (musician) named Howard Jones, English singer-songwriter
• 23rd » Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach
• 23rd » Francesca Simon, American author
• 24th » Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar (d. 2011)
• 24th » Eddie L. Johnson, American basketball player
• 24th » Alain Prost, French race car driver
• 25th » Camille Thériault, Canadian politician, 29th Premier of New Brunswick
• 26th » John Inge, English bishop
• 26th » Rupert Keegan, English race car driver
• 26th » Andreas Maislinger, Austrian historian, founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
• 27th » Peter Christopherson, English keyboard player, songwriter, and director (Coil (band) or Coil and Throbbing Gristle (d. 2010)
• 27th » Lou Hirsch, American actor
• 28th » Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian and actor
• 28th » Bob Kerslake, English civil servant

Famous Deaths for February 1955

• 5th » Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)
• 23rd » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)

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