What Happened In November 1955 In History

Historical Events for November, 1955

• 1st » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas Aircraft named Douglas Douglas DC-6 called DC-6B airliner.
• 19th » National Review publishes its first issue.
• 23rd » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1955

• 1st » Beth Leavel, American actress and singer
• 1st » Mike Mendoza, English radio host and politician
• 2nd » Chris Burnett, American saxophonist and composer (Chris Burnett Quartet)
• 2nd » Thomas Grunenberg, German footballer and manager
• 2nd » Ambrose Madtha, Indian archbishop (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Teresa De Sio, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 3rd » Anne Milton, English nurse and politician
• 3rd » Phil Simms, American football player and sportscaster
• 4th » Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar
• 4th » Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland
• 5th » Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist and academic
• 5th » Kris Jenner, American businesswoman
• 5th » Karan Thapar, Indian journalist
• 5th » Nestor Serrano, American actor
• 6th » Alton Coleman, American serial killer (d. 2002)
• 6th » Maria Shriver, American journalist and author
• 7th » Shirley Eikhard, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 7th » Kitty Margolis, American singer and producer
• 7th » Detlef Ultsch, German martial artist
• 8th » Patricia Barber, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 8th » Jeffrey Ford, American author and educator
• 9th » Karen Dotrice, English actress and singer
• 9th » Thomas F. Duffy, American actor
• 9th » Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 9th » Bob Nault, Canadian politician
• 10th » Jack Clark (baseball) e.g Jack Clark, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 10th » Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter
• 11th » Dave Alvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Blasters, The Knitters, The Flesh Eaters (band) e.g The Flesh Eaters, and X (American band) e.g X)
• 12th » Louan Gideon, American actress (d. 2014)
• 12th » Les McKeown, Scottish singer (Bay City Rollers)
• 12th » Katharine Weber, American author
• 13th » Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, singer, and talk show host
• 14th » Philip Egan, English bishop
• 14th » Jack Sikma, American basketball player and coach
• 15th » Georgina Born, English bass player and anthropologist (Henry Cow)
• 15th » Buck Adams, American pornographic film actor-director (d. 2008)
• 16th » Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 16th » Herbert Oberhofer, Austrian footballer (d. 2012)
• 16th » Héctor Cúper, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 17th » Yolanda King, American actress and activist (d. 2007)
• 17th » Dennis Maruk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 17th » Dan Schnurrenberger, American canoe racer
• 18th » Carter Burwell, American composer
• 18th » Michael Zimmer (footballer) or Michael Zimmer, German footballer
• 19th » Sam Hamm, American screenwriter and producer
• 21st » Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 22nd » James Edwards (basketball) e.g James Edwards, American basketball player
• 23rd » Steven Brust, American author
• 23rd » Ludovico Einaudi, Italian pianist and composer
• 23rd » Dinos Kouis, Greek footballer and coach
• 23rd » Mary Landrieu, American politician
• 24th » Ian Botham, English cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster
• 24th » Clem Burke, American drummer (Blondie (band) known as Blondie, Ramones, The Adult Net, and The Romantics)
• 24th » Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician
• 24th » Najib Mikati, Lebanese businessman and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Lebanon
• 24th » Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer and author
• 25th » Kurt Niedermayer, German footballer and manager
• 25th » Connie Palmen, Dutch author
• 25th » Bruno Tonioli, Italian dancer and choreographer
• 25th » Don Hahn, American film producer
• 26th » Gisela Stuart, German-English politician
• 27th » Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player
• 27th » Bill Nye, American engineer, educator, and television host
• 28th » Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer and sportscaster
• 28th » Jeffrey Byron, American actor and screenwriter
• 28th » Adem Jashari, Kosovo commander (d. 1998)
• 29th » C. David Johnson, Canadian actor
• 29th » Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host
• 30th » Michael Beschloss, American historian and author
• 30th » Richard Burr, American businessman, academic, and politician
• 30th » Kevin Conroy, American actor
• 30th » Andy Gray (footballer, born 1955) called Andy Gray, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 30th » Billy Idol, English singer-songwriter and actor (Generation X (band) called Generation X and Chelsea (band) named Chelsea)
• 30th » Muricy Ramalho, Brazilian footballer and manager

Famous Deaths for November 1955

• 1st » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 9th » André Rischmann, French rugby player (b. 1882)
• 12th » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect (b. 1878)
• 13th » Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (b. 1897)
• 17th » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 21st » Edward Dierkes, American soccer player (b. 1886)
• 22nd » Shemp Howard, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 25th » Herman Hoogland, Dutch draughts player (b. 1891)
• 25th » Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
• 27th » Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and academic (b. 1892)
• 30th » Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer (b. 1896)

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