1955 IN REVIEW

NATIONAL NEWS

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the first major event in the U.S. civil rights movement, a bus boycott in Montgomery, AL
• President Eisenhower suffered a heart attack, was hospitalized for three weeks
• World War II Allies signed a treaty restoring Austria's independence
• The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered all U.S. interstate trains and buses to end segregation practices
• The AFL and CIO labor unions merged

TECHNOLOGY

• UHF television was developed
• Artificial diamonds were created for the first time

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

• Albert Einstein died

SPORTS

• Brooklyn won over New York Yankees in the World Series:  4-3
• "Sugar" Ray Robinson KO'ed Carl Olson to regain Middle Weight Boxing Title
• LA Rams trounced Browns 38-14 for Pro Football Title
• Heavy Weight Marciano took 47th straight KO over Ezzard Charles
• Red Wings beat Montreal in final game to retain the Stanley Cup
• Ohio State won the Rose Bowl 20-7 over Southern Cal
• 80 People died at Le Mans

MOVIES

• The Seven Year Itch
• Rebel Without a Cause
• Lady and the Tramp
• Oklahoma
• The Tender Trap
• The Blackboard Jungle

SONGS

• #1 Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (Perez Prado)
• #2 Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley & His Comets)
• #3 The Yellow Rose of Texas (Mitch Miller)
• #4 Autumn Leaves (Roger Williams)
• #5 Unchained Melody (Les Baxter)
• #6 Ballad of Davy Crockett (Billy Hayes)
• #7 Love is a Many Splendored Thing (The Four Aces)
• #8 Sincerely (The McGuire Sisters)
• #9 Ain't that a Shame(Pat Boone)
• #10 Dance with Me Henry (Georgia Gibbs)
• My-Ding-A-Ling (Chuck Berry)
• Sixteen Tons (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
• Memories are Made of This (Dean Martin)
• Moments to Remember (The Four Lads)
• Love and Marriage (Frank Sinatra)
• Hearts of Stone (Fontaine Sisters)
• Let Me Go, Lover (Joan Weber)
• He (The McGuire Sisters)

TELEVISION

• Truth or Consequences
• Lawrence Welk Show
• The Honeymooners
• Gunsmoke
• Name that Tune
• $64,000 Question
• Lassie
• You'll Never Get Rich

BOOKS

• The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (Sloan Wilson)
• Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
• Witness for the Prosecution (Agatha Christie)

MEDICINE

• Dr. Salk gives the world a vacine for polio

TRANSPORTATION

• Northeast Extention of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Opened 11-23-55
• Full Size Ford Automobile sold for $2,400.00

WEATHER

• Hurricanes Connie and Diane both made landfall in North Carolina just weeks apart setting rivers on the rampage.

ENTERTAINMENT

• Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California

EDUCATION

• Rudolph Flesch published Why Johnny Can't Read, a stinging criticism of U.S. education

FASHION

• Pink clothes for men became the fashion rage

MYSTERY

•  The "Philadelphia Experiment" became public with the publication of the "The Case for UFOs" telling how the USS Eldridge disappeared from the Philadelphia Navy Yards and reappeared a short time later in the Norfolk Virginia Navy Yard.

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