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The following events occurred in February 1955:
February 1, 1955 (Tuesday)
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February 2, 1955 (Wednesday)
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February 3, 1955 (Thursday)
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February 4, 1955 (Friday)
- The Pact of Mutual Cooperation ("Baghdad Pact") is signed.
- British Navy
February 5, 1955 (Saturday)
- Lichen Island, a small island lying north of the Bølingen Islands and 5 kilometres (2.5 nmi) north-west of Cleft Island in southern Prydz Bay, Antarctica, is visited by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions party led by Phillip Law, who names it for the rich growth of lichens found there.[2]
February 6, 1955 (Sunday)
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February 7, 1955 (Monday)
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February 8, 1955 (Tuesday)
- Nikolai Bulganin is new Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, succeeding Georgy Malenkov.
February 9, 1955 (Wednesday)
- Apartheid in South Africa: 60,000 non-white residents of the Sophiatown suburb of Johannesburg are forcibly evicted.
- Twenty Nationalist Chinese forces from the islands.[3]
- In Italy, the Rome Metro opens to passengers.[4]
February 10, 1955 (Thursday)
- The United States Seventh Fleet helps the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.
- Born: Chris Adams, English wrestler and judoka (d. 2001)
February 11, 1955 (Friday)
- Died: Ona Munson, American actress (b. 1903)
February 12, 1955 (Saturday)
- U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisorsto South Vietnam.
- Died:
- Thomas J. Moore, Irish-American film actor (b. 1883)
- S. Z. Sakall, Hungarian actor (b. 1883)
February 13, 1955 (Sunday)
- Sabena Flight 503: Douglas DC-6 of the Belgian airline company Sabena crashed into Monte Terminillo near Rieti, Italy, killing all 29 people on board.
- Died: Marcella Mariani, 19, Italian actress and model, passenger of Sabena Flight 503
February 14, 1955 (Monday)
- The West German cargo ship
February 15, 1955 (Tuesday)
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February 16, 1955 (Wednesday)
- Nearly 100 die in a fire at a home for the elderly in Yokohama, Japan.
February 17, 1955 (Thursday)
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February 18, 1955 (Friday)
- The Cambodian Red Cross is established.[6]
February 19, 1955 (Saturday)
- The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is established at a meeting in Bangkok.[7]
- Born: Jeff Daniels, American actor, in Athens, Georgia
February 20, 1955 (Sunday)
- Died: Oswald Avery, 77, US physician and medical researcher
February 21, 1955 (Monday)
- Born: Kelsey Grammer, American actor and producer, in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
February 22, 1955 (Tuesday)
- In Chicago's Democratic primary, Mayor Martin H. Kennelly loses to the head of the Cook County Democratic Party, Richard J. Daley, by 364,839 votes to 264,077.
February 23, 1955 (Wednesday)
- Died: Paul Claudel, 86, French poet, dramatist, and diplomat
February 24, 1955 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Steve Jobs, US businessman and founder of Apple Inc, in San Francisco, California (d. 2011)
- South Gyeongsang(d. 1982)
February 25, 1955 (Friday)
- Pope Pius XII creates the Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kuala Lumpur.
- New Zealand philanthropist Willoughby Norrie.
February 26, 1955 (Saturday)
- George F. Smith becomes the first person to survive a supersonic ejection, from a North American F-100 Super Sabre travelling at Mach 1.05.
February 27, 1955 (Sunday)
- Died: Trixie Friganza, 84, US actress
February 28, 1955 (Monday)
- The Maltese general election ends in another victory for the Malta Labour Party, which wins 23 of the 40 seats.[8]
- Born: Brooklyn, New York(d. 2022)
- Died: Isak Penttala, Finnish politician (b. 1883)[9]
References
- ^ "Telgrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53159. London. 7 February 1955. col C-D, p. 6.
- ^ "Lichen Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ISBN 0-312-09911-8, p. 614.
- ^ "Roma". UrbanRail.Net. 2004. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ "Sinking Ship's Crew Of 15 Saved". The Times. No. 53166. London. 15 February 1955. col C, p. 8.
- ^ Brief History of Cambodian Red Cross[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 978-981-230-270-0.
- ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "Kansanedustajat: Isak Penttala" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.