What Happened In April 1955 In History

Historical Events for April, 1955

• 1st » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification ("enosis") with Greece.
• 7th » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• 11th » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
• 12th » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared Jonas Salk Test results announced named safe and effective.
• 18th » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• 23rd » The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
• 24th » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1955

• 1st » Don Hasselbeck, American football player
• 1st » Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani politician, 5th Commerce Minister of Pakistan
• 1st » Terry Nichols, American criminal
• 2nd » Michael Stone (loyalist) known as Michael Stone, English-Irish criminal
• 3rd » Hariharan (singer) e.g Hariharan, Indian singer (Colonial Cousins)
• 3rd » John Mooney (musician) e.g John Mooney, American singer and bass player
• 4th » Casey Biggs, American actor
• 5th » Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 5th » Anthony Horowitz, English author and screenwriter
• 5th » Janice Long, English radio host
• 5th » Akira Toriyama, Japanese illustrator
• 6th » Rob Epstein, American director and producer
• 6th » Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian-American serial killer
• 6th » Cathy Jones, Canadian comedian and actor
• 6th » Blind Mississippi Morris, American singer and harmonica player
• 6th » Michael Rooker, American actor
• 7th » Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist
• 7th » Werner Stocker (actor) known as Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993)
• 8th » Ricky Bell (running back) known as Ricky Bell, American football player (d. 1984)
• 8th » Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer
• 8th » Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
• 8th » Ron Johnson (U.S. politician) named Ron Johnson, American politician
• 8th » Barbara Kingsolver, American author and poet
• 8th » David Wu, Taiwanese-American lawyer and politician
• 9th » Joolz Denby, English poet and author
• 9th » Kate Heyhoe, American author
• 10th » Lesley Garrett, English soprano and actress
• 11th » Kevin Brady, American politician
• 11th » Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter and activist (The Flirtations (group) or The Flirtations) (d. 1993)
• 11th » Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player and coach
• 11th » Neville Staple, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (The Specials, Fun Boy Three, and Special Beat)
• 12th » Fabian Hamilton, English politician
• 13th » Steve Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 13th » Louis Johnson (bassist) e.g Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (The Brothers Johnson)
• 13th » Lupe Pintor, Mexican boxer
• 13th » Ole von Beust, German politician, 1st List of mayors of Hamburg named Mayor of Hamburg
• 15th » Mark Damazer, English broadcaster and academic
• 15th » Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (d. 1997)
• 16th » Bruce Bochy, American baseball player and manager
• 16th » Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• 17th » Todd Lickliter, American basketball player and coach
• 17th » Pete Shelley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Buzzcocks)
• 17th » Mike Stroud (physician) or Mike Stroud, English physician and explorer
• 20th » Donald Pettit, American astronaut and engineer
• 21st » Doug Soetaert, Canadian ice hockey player
• 22nd » David Collier (sports administrator) called David Collier, English businessman
• 22nd » Johnnie To, Hong Kong director and producer
• 23rd » Judy Davis, Australian actress
• 23rd » Fumi Hirano, Japanese voice actress
• 23rd » Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)
• 23rd » Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist (d. 2008)
• 23rd » Mike Smith (television presenter) named Mike Smith, English radio and television host (d. 2014)
• 24th » Marion Caspers-Merk, German politician
• 24th » John de Mol, Dutch businessman, co-founded Endemol
• 24th » Eamon Gilmore, Irish politician, 25th Tánaiste e.g Tánaiste of Ireland
• 24th » Guy Nève, Belgian race car driver (d. 1992)
• 25th » Américo Gallego, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 25th » Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor and singer
• 25th » Zev Siegl, American businessman, co-founded Starbucks
• 26th » Kurt Bodewig, German politician
• 26th » Mike Scott (baseball) called Mike Scott, American baseball player
• 27th » Gudrun Berend, German hurdler (d. 2011)
• 27th » Eric Schmidt, American engineer and businessman
• 28th » Nicky Gumbel, English priest and author
• 29th » Richard Epcar, American actor
• 29th » Kate Mulgrew, American actress
• 29th » Leslie Jordan, American actor and playwright
• 29th » Gino Quilico, Canadian singer
• 30th » Nicolas Hulot, French journalist
• 30th » David Kitchin, English judge
• 30th » Dimitra Liani, Greek wife of Andreas Papandreou

Famous Deaths for April 1955

• 7th » Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
• 10th » Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest and philosopher (b. 1881)
• 16th » David Kirkwood, Scottish politician (b. 1872)
• 18th » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist (b. 1879)
• 19th » Jim Corbett, Indian colonel, hunter, and author (b. 1875)

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