What Happened In June 1955 In History

Historical Events for June, 1955

• 2nd » The Soviet Union called USSR and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia called Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
• 7th » Lux Radio Theater signs off-the-air or off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway theatre known as Broadway shows and popular films.
• 11th » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz 1955 Le Mans disaster named collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
• 13th » Mir Mine, the first diamond mine in the Soviet Union named USSR, is discovered.
• 14th » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention called Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 16th » In a futile effort to topple President of Argentina called President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy Bombing of Plaza de Mayo named drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 3
• 26th » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People (1955) e.g Congress of the People in Kliptown.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1955

• 1st » Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1st » Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
• 1st » Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (d. 2008)
• 2nd » Dana Carvey, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 2nd » Nandan Nilekani, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
• 2nd » Michael Steele (musician) named Michael Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Bangles and The Runaways)
• 4th » Val McDermid, Scottish author
• 4th » Mary Testa, American actress
• 5th » Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 6th » Sandra Bernhard, American actress and singer
• 7th » Joey Scarbury, American singer (Believe It or Not)
• 7th » William Forsythe (actor) known as William Forsythe, American actor and producer
• 7th » Iain McColl, Scottish actor (d. 2013)
• 7th » Tim Richmond, American race car driver (d. 1989)
• 8th » Tim Berners-Lee, English-American computer scientist and engineer, invented the World Wide Web
• 8th » Griffin Dunne, American actor, director, and producer
• 9th » Wolfgang Schilling (footballer born 1955) known as Wolfgang Schilling, German footballer
• 10th » Annette Schavan, German politician
• 10th » Andrew Stevens, American actor, director, and producer
• 11th » Yuriy Sedykh, Ukrainian hammer thrower
• 11th » Duncan Steel, English-Australian astronomer and author
• 13th » Alan Hansen, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 13th » Leah Ward Sears, American jurist
• 14th » Michael D. Duvall, American politician
• 15th » Julie Hagerty, American model and actress
• 15th » David Kennedy, American son of Robert F. Kennedy (d. 1984)
• 16th » Grete Faremo, Norwegian politician, Minister of Defence (Norway) e.g Norwegian Minister of Defence
• 16th » Laurie Metcalf, American actress
• 17th » Gail Jones, Australian author
• 17th » Mati Laur, Estonian historian, author, and academic
• 17th » Bob Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player
• 18th » Ed Fast, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 20th » E. Lynn Harris, American author (d. 2009)
• 21st » Aloysius Amwano, Nauruan politician
• 21st » Tim Bray, Canadian software developer, co-founded the Open Text Corporation
• 21st » Jean-Pierre Mader, French singer-songwriter and producer
• 21st » Leigh McCloskey, American actor and author
• 21st » Michel Platini, French footballer and manager
• 22nd » Green Gartside, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Scritti Politti)
• 22nd » Olevi Kull, Estonian ecologist and academic (d. 2007)
• 23rd » Pierre Corbeil, Canadian dentist and politician
• 23rd » Glenn Danzig, American singer-songwriter and producer (Misfits (band) Misfits, Samhain (band) Samhain, and Danzig (band) Danzig)
• 23rd » Maggie Greenwald, American director and screenwriter
• 23rd » Maggie Philbin, English television and radio host
• 23rd » Pamela Rooke, English model and actress
• 23rd » Jean Tigana, French footballer and manager
• 24th » Chris Higgins (academic) known as Chris Higgins, English geneticist and academic
• 24th » Edmund Malura, German footballer and manager
• 24th » Betsy Randle, American actress
• 25th » Vic Marks, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 26th » Mick Jones (The Clash) named Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, General Public, Carbon/Silicon, and London SS)
• 26th » Dick Mol, Dutch paleontologist
• 26th » Gedde Watanabe, American actor
• 27th » Isabelle Adjani, French actress and singer
• 27th » Brad Diller, American illustrator
• 28th » Shirley Cheriton, English actress
• 28th » Eric Gates, English footballer
• 28th » Steven M. Greer, American ufologist and author
• 28th » Thomas Hampson (baritone) or Thomas Hampson, American opera singer
• 29th » Charles J. Precourt, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 30th » David Alan Grier, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 30th » Brian Vollmer, Canadian singer (Helix (band) known as Helix)

Famous Deaths for June 1955

• 1st » Kathleen Pelham-Clinton, Duchess of Newcastle (b. 1872)
• 3rd » Barbara Graham, American murderer (b. 1923)
• 6th » Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (b. 1875)
• 10th » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (b. 1876)
• 16th » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864)
• 26th » Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (b. 1895)
• 29th » Max Pechstein, German painter (b. 1881)

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