August 1955 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1955 Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malacca government
• 03 Aug 1955 Roger Moens runs world record 800 m
• 04 Aug 1955 Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters
• 05 Aug 1955 After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games
• 07 Aug 1955 Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel
• 08 Aug 1955 Fidel Castro forms July 26th Movement
• 11 Aug 1955 Indonesia government of Harahap forms
• 12 Aug 1955 22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27
• 15 Aug 1955 WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA (ABC) begins
• 16 Aug 1955 Fiat Motors orders first private atomic reactor.
• 17 Aug 1955 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage.
• 18 Aug 1955 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts
• 19 Aug 1955 32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut
• 20 Aug 1955 First airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph) - HA Hanes, Palmdale, California, USA.
• 22 Aug 1955 Eleven schoolchildren are killed when their school bus is hit by a freight train in Spring City, Tennessee.
• 23 Aug 1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open
• 25 Aug 1955 Last Soviet forces leave Austria
• 27 Aug 1955 Guinness Book of World Records 1st published
• 28 Aug 1955 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
• 31 Aug 1955 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)

Famous Birthday

• Billy Bob Thornton
• Muriel Robin

  French comedian, singer and actress, she won an Emmy in 2007 for her leading role in "Marie Besnard.

• Edwin Moses

  American athlete known as the greatest 400 meter hurdler in track history.

• Matthew Manning

  British psychic, spiritual healer and author, famed as a teenager for bending metal, treating poltergeists and speaking in languages for...

• Peter Gallagher

  Armonk, New York -- Actor (Player, Summer Lovers, Dreamchild).

• Wayne Knight

  American actor.

• Anne Pohtamo

  Finnish beauty queen, winner of a contest.

• Gloria Brame
• Diamanda Galás

  American singer-songwriter and pianist.

• Roger Linn

  American musician and entrepreneur.

• Craig Virgin

  American runner, the record-holder in the 10,000 meter race as of 1980.

• Cindy Nelson

  American skier who, by 1976, was know as America's best downhill racer.

• Caroline Aiken
• Uwe Fellensiek
• Isabelle Caullery
• Paul Greengrass

  English director and screenwriter.

• Jeff Perry
• Karin Smith

  German javelin thrower who won a Silver Medal at the 1981 World University Games.

• Tony Coleman
• Claire Devers
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Famous Deaths

• Carmen Miranda

  Portuguese-American actress known as "the Brazilian Bombshell," flamboyant over-the-top but with an irresistible force of personality.

• Carmen Miranda

  Portuguese-American actress known as "the Brazilian Bombshell," flamboyant over-the-top but with an irresistible force of personality.

• Fiske Kimball

  US Architect / art historian, dies at 66.

• Joachim Wach

  Philosopher / sociologist (Sociology of Religion).

• Reginald Tate

  British actor (Born 1896).

• Emmett Till kidnapped and lynched at age 14

  in Money, Mississippi, USA.

• Alfred Lepine

  Canadian ice hockey player (Born 1901).

• Ruprecht

  Crown Prince of Bayern / General-Field Marshal.

• Thomas Mann

  German writer, the author of novels, plays and essays.

• Marion Eugene Bauer

  Composer, dies at 57.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Perry Como - Tina Marie
2. Johnny Desmond - The Yellow Rose Of Texas
3. Les Baxter & His Orchestra - Wake The Town And Tell The People
4. Chuck Berry - Maybellene
5. Jaye P. Morgan - The Longest Walk

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Slim Whitman - Rose Marie
2. Frankie Laine With The Mellomen - Cool Water
3. Frank Sinatra - Learnin' The Blues
4. Ruby Murray - Evermore
5. David Whitfield - Ev'rywhere