What Happened In March 1955 In History

Historical Events for March, 1955

• 2nd » Ruler of Cambodia named King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1955

• 2nd » Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader, founded Aum Shinrikyo
• 2nd » Dale Bozzio, American singer (Missing Persons (band) called Missing Persons)
• 2nd » Jay Osmond, American singer and drummer (The Osmonds)
• 2nd » Ken Salazar, American politician, 36th Attorney General of Colorado
• 2nd » Terrence Stone, Irish-American voice actor
• 3rd » Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Andy Breckman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 3rd » Darnell Williams, English-American actor
• 4th » Tim Costello, Australian minister
• 4th » Farhad Daneshjoo, Iranian academic
• 4th » Rowland Charles Gould, English guitarist (Level 42)
• 4th » Joey Jones, Welsh footballer
• 4th » Dominique Pinon, French actor
• 4th » James Weaver (racing driver) or James Weaver, English race car driver
• 5th » Julien Dray, Algerian-French politician
• 5th » Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author
• 5th » Georgios Papastamkos, Greek politician
• 6th » Alberta Watson, Canadian actress
• 7th » Michael Chance, English singer
• 7th » Michael Jan Friedman, American author
• 7th » Anupam Kher, Indian actor
• 7th » Tommy Kramer, American football player
• 8th » Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
• 8th » Joellyn Auklandus, American author
• 9th » Teo Fabi, Italian race car driver
• 9th » Pat Murphy (writer) named Pat Murphy, American science fiction author
• 9th » Ornella Muti, Italian actress
• 9th » Józef Pinior, Polish politician
• 10th » Yousra, Egyptian actress and singer
• 10th » Gary Louris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jayhawks and Golden Smog)
• 10th » Toshio Suzuki (driver) named Toshio Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
• 11th » Leslie Cliff (swimmer) called Leslie Cliff, Canadian swimmer
• 11th » Jimmy Fortune, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Statler Brothers)
• 11th » Nina Hagen, German singer-songwriter and actress
• 11th » D. J. MacHale, American author, director, and screenwriter
• 11th » Henk van Gerven, Dutch politician
• 11th » Yehuda Weisenstein, Israeli fencer
• 12th » Nicole Léger, Canadian politician
• 13th » Bruno Conti, Italian footballer and manager
• 13th » Glenne Headly, American actress
• 14th » Helen Atkinson-Wood, English actress
• 14th » Jonathan Kaufer, American director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 15th » Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter and actor (Twisted Sister and Desperado (band) known as Desperado)
• 16th » Svetlana Alexeeva, Russian ice dancer and coach
• 16th » Bruno Barreto, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 16th » Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
• 17th » Mark Boone Junior, American actor
• 17th » Cynthia McKinney, American educator and politician
• 17th » Paul Overstreet, American singer-songwriter (S-K-O)
• 17th » Gary Sinise, American actor, director, and bass player (Lt. Dan Band)
• 18th » Ana Obregón, Spanish actress, screenwriter, and biologist
• 18th » Francis G. Slay, American politician, 45th Mayor of St. Louis
• 18th » Jeff Stelling, English journalist
• 19th » John Burnside, Scottish poet and academic
• 19th » Bruce Willis, German-American actor, singer, and producer
• 19th » Simon Yam, Hong Kong actor and producer
• 20th » Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author
• 21st » Fadi Abboud, Lebanese economist and politician
• 21st » Bob Bennett (singer-songwriter) named Bob Bennett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 21st » Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Greek politician
• 22nd » James House (singer) or James House, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 22nd » Lena Olin, Swedish-American actress
• 22nd » Pete Sessions, American politician
• 22nd » Valdis Zatlers, Latvian politician, 7th President of Latvia
• 23rd » Petrea Burchard, American actress
• 23rd » Moses Malone, American basketball player
• 24th » Doug Jarvis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 24th » Mart Kadastik, Estonian journalist
• 24th » Pat Price (ice hockey) called Pat Price, Canadian ice hockey player
• 25th » Daniel Boulud, French chef and author
• 25th » Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 26th » Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 27th » Yisrael Eichler, Israeli journalist and politician
• 27th » Patrick McCabe (novelist) e.g Patrick McCabe, Irish author and playwright
• 27th » Lefteris Pantazis, Uzbek-Greek singer
• 27th » Mariano Rajoy, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain
• 27th » Christian Sarron, French motorcycle racer
• 27th » Ion-Aurel Stanciu, Romanian general
• 27th » Hana Sweid, Israeli politician
• 28th » John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Irish politician, 1st Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• 28th » Roger Harrabin, English journalist
• 28th » Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 29th » Earl Campbell, American football player
• 29th » Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
• 29th » Christopher Lawford, American actor and author
• 29th » Marina Sirtis, English-American actress
• 30th » Margaret Fingerhut, English pianist
• 30th » Rhonda Jo Petty, American porn actress
• 30th » Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)
• 31st » Robert Vance, New Zealand cricketer
• 31st » Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter (AC/DC and Marcus Hook Roll Band)

Famous Deaths for March 1955

• 5th » Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)
• 11th » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 11th » Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
• 12th » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 13th » Tribhuvan of Nepal (b. 1906)
• 16th » Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (b. 1914)
• 21st » Muriel Aked, English actress (b. 1887)
• 22nd » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian-Yugoslav politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 23rd » Artur da Silva Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 30th » Harl McDonald, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1899)

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