September 1955 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1955 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel
• 02 Sep 1955 KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 03 Sep 1955 KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 05 Sep 1955 Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician
• 06 Sep 1955 Catch a Star opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 23 performances
• 08 Sep 1955 Disneyland welcomes its one millionth visitor.
• 09 Sep 1955 Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run
• 10 Sep 1955 Gunsmoke premieres on CBS TV
• 11 Sep 1955 69th US Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward
• 12 Sep 1955 KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 14 Sep 1955 Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts
• 15 Sep 1955 WCTV TV channel 6 in Tallahassee-Thomasville, Florida (CBS) begins
• 16 Sep 1955 Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st
• 17 Sep 1955 Ankles Aweigh closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 176 performances
• 18 Sep 1955 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Mile High Golf Open
• 19 Sep 1955 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season
• 20 Sep 1955 Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH
• 21 Sep 1955 Last allied occupying troops leave Austria
• 22 Sep 1955 (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England
• 23 Sep 1955 Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad
• 24 Sep 1955 Catch a Star closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances
• 25 Sep 1955 Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ
• 26 Sep 1955 New York Stock Exchange suffers worst stock prices decline since 1929.
• 28 Sep 1955 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV
• 29 Sep 1955 Sergeant Preston, debuts on CBS
• 30 Sep 1955 Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.

Famous Birthday

• François Cluzet

  French film and theatre actor, best known in the English-speaking world for starring in the 2006 French film "Tell No One" (directed by...

• Zucchero

  Italian popular singer whose first album, 1983, topped the charts in Italy.

• Sheila Martines

  American TV reporter and co host of the Evening News Magazine.

• Stéphane Dion

  Canadian sociologist and politician 15th Canadian Minister of the Environment.

• Linda Purl
• Mika Kaurismäki

  Finnish director producer and screenwriter.

• Mira Furlan

  Croatian-American actress and singer.

• Dennis Harness

  American sidereal pro astrologer who began his practice c. 1975 and worked full time pro from 1988.

• Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

  German footballer and manager.

• Amyr Klink

  Brazilian sailor and explorer.

• Peter Scolari

  American actor and director.

• Mercedes Morán
• Robin Yount

  Baseballer (Mil Brewers, MVP 1982, 1989, 3,142 hits).

• Philippe Pemezec
• Patty Weaver
• Rex Smith

  American singer guitarist and actor.

• Laurent Malet

  French stage and film actor, he began his career on stage in "The Trojan War Will not Take Place" (1975).

• Friedel Roggenbuck

  German musician, yoga instructor, body therapist, ritualist, professional astrologer and author.

• Bernard Kerik

  American law enforcement officer, the 40th police commissioner of the City of New York who was sent to Iraq to bring law and order as Iraq's...

• Rebecca Balding

  Little Rock, Arkansas -- Actress (Carla-Lou Grant, Soap).

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Famous Deaths

• Arthur Donaldson
• Earnest Rabel

  Austrian / US civil rights activist, dies at 81.

• John de Young

  Cardinal / Archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69.

• Robert Blackburn

  British aviation pioneer, dies at 70.

• Philip Loeb

  Actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61.

• Rudolf Kattnigg

  Composer, dies at 60.

• F C Weiskopf

  Writer.

• Leopold C M S Amery

  British Minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81.

• Henri Liebrecht

  Belgian stagewriter / journalist, dies at 71.

• James Dean is killed in an auto collision at age 24 near Cholame

  California.

• Gustave Vanzype

  Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Four Lads - Moments To Remember
2. Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra - The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part 1 & 2
3. Rusty Draper - The Shifting, Whispering Sands
4. The Platters - Only You (And You Alone)
5. Gogi Grant - Suddenly There's A Valley

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Slim Whitman - Rose Marie
2. Jimmy Young - The Man From Laramie
3. Frank Sinatra - Learnin' The Blues
4. Frankie Laine With The Mellomen - Cool Water
5. Cyril Stapleton Orchestra With Julie Dawn - Blue Star (The Medic Theme)