| In 1955 (the year you were born) |
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Dwight Eisenhower is president of the US Hurricane "Diane" claims 184 lives form North Carolina to New England Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat, which leads to bus segregation being declared unconstitutional The AFL merges with the CIO, creating the nation's largest labor union Dr. Jonas Salk discovers a vaccine for polio The Scrabble board game debuts Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California Kevin Costner, John Grisham, Arsenio Hall, Steve Jobs, and Billy Bob Thornton are born Charlie Parker, Albert Einstein, and James Dean die Brooklyn Dodgers win the World Series Cleveland Browns win the NFL champion ship Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is published |
well, I love Scrabble, I love Disneyland. Neonatal influence, anyone?
What Happened the Year You Were Born?
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You might also check out Wikipedia's entry for events of 1955.
I was attending second grade in Texarkana, Arkansas. We had our first TV. I only remember that show starring Wally Cox. And a gluttony contest between the hamburger and pancake eating champions of the world (pancake guy won). And I remember getting the mumps.