What Happened In January 1955 In History

Historical Events for January, 1955

• 2nd » Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated.
• 4th » The Greece named Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
• 25th » The Soviet Union ends the state of war with Germany.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1955

• 1st » Mary Beard (classicist) or Mary Beard, British classicist
• 1st » LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
• 1st » Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (d. 2000)
• 1st » Georgina von Etzdorf, Peruvian-British textile designer
• 2nd » Tex Brashear, American voice actor
• 2nd » Agathonas Iakovidis, Greek singer
• 2nd » Vivien Savage, French singer-songwriter
• 3rd » Palmolive (musician) or Palmolive, Spanish-English drummer (The Slits, The Raincoats, and The Flowers of Romance (band) known as The Flowers of Romance)
• 4th » Cecilia Conrad, Norwegian economist
• 4th » Mark Hollis (English musician) called Mark Hollis, English singer-songwriter (Talk Talk)
• 5th » Mamata Banerjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal
• 5th » Jimmy Mulville, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Hat Trick Productions
• 5th » Mohsen Sazegara, Iranian journalist
• 6th » Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
• 6th » Richard Corbett, English politician
• 8th » Karine Kazinian, Armenian diplomat (d. 2012)
• 8th » Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer
• 8th » Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer (Loverboy and Moxy (band) named Moxy)
• 9th » Michiko Kakutani, American critic
• 9th » J. K. Simmons, American actor
• 10th » Michael Schenker, German guitarist (UFO (band) UFO, Scorpions (band) Scorpions, Contraband (band) Contraband, and McAuley Schenker Group)
• 10th » Franco Tancredi, Italian footballer
• 12th » Tom Ardolino, American drummer (NRBQ and The Minus 5) (d. 2012)
• 13th » Paul Kelly (musician) or Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five)
• 13th » Jay McInerney, American author
• 13th » Anne Pringle, English diplomat
• 15th » Nigel Benson, English author and illustrator
• 15th » Mayumi Tanaka, Japanese voice actress
• 16th » Jerry M. Linenger, American doctor and astronaut
• 17th » Steve Earle, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 17th » Steve Javie, American basketball player and referee
• 19th » Tony Mansfield, English singer-songwriter and producer (New Musik)
• 19th » Simon Rattle, English conductor
• 19th » Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American comedian and actor
• 20th » McKeeva Bush, Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands
• 20th » Joe Doherty, Irish soldier and activist
• 20th » Wyatt Knight, American actor
• 20th » Hiromi Ōta, Japanese singer
• 21st » Jeff Koons, American sculptor
• 21st » Leslie Hoffman, American stunt performer, stunt coordinator and actress
• 22nd » Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
• 22nd » Thomas David Jones, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 24th » Jim Montgomery (swimmer) called Jim Montgomery, American swimmer
• 26th » Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Van Halen)
• 27th » Brian Engblom, Canadian ice hockey player
• 27th » John Roberts, American jurist, 17th Chief Justice of the United States
• 27th » Alexander Stuart (writer) e.g Alexander Stuart, English-American author and screenwriter
• 27th » Koji Ushikubo, Japanese race car driver
• 28th » Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
• 28th » Nicolas Sarkozy, French politician, 23rd President of France
• 29th » Eddie Jordan (basketball) or Eddie Jordan, American basketball player and coach
• 29th » Femi Pedro, Nigerian politician
• 29th » Jonathan Smith (tennis) called Jonathan Smith, English tennis player
• 30th » John Baldacci, American politician, 73rd Governor of Maine
• 30th » Tom Izzo, American basketball player and coach
• 30th » Curtis Strange, American golfer
• 30th » Judith Tarr, American author
• 30th » Mychal Thompson, Bahamian basketball player
• 31st » Virginia Ruzici, Romanian tennis player

Famous Deaths for January 1955

• 1st » Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
• 1st » Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist (b. 1894)
• 15th » Yves Tanguy, French painter (b. 1900)
• 18th » Saadat Hassan Manto, Pakistani author (b. 1912)
• 20th » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 21st » Archie Hahn, German-American runner (b. 1880)
• 24th » Ira Hayes, American marine, member of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (b. 1923)
• 24th » Henry Potter (golfer) called Henry Potter, American golfer (b. 1881)
• 31st » John Mott, American YMCA leader, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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