October 1955

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The following events occurred in October 1955:

October 1, 1955 (Saturday)[edit]

October 2, 1955 (Sunday)[edit]

October 2: ENIAC deactivated

October 3, 1955 (Monday)[edit]

October 4, 1955 (Tuesday)[edit]

October 5, 1955 (Wednesday)[edit]

October 6, 1955 (Thursday)[edit]

October 6: Citroen DS launched

October 7, 1955 (Friday)[edit]

October 8, 1955 (Saturday)[edit]

October 9, 1955 (Sunday)[edit]

October 10, 1955 (Monday)[edit]

October 11, 1955 (Tuesday)[edit]

October 12, 1955 (Wednesday)[edit]

October 13, 1955 (Thursday)[edit]

October 14, 1955 (Friday)[edit]

October 15, 1955 (Saturday)[edit]

October 15: Opening of new Hamburg State Opera

October 16, 1955 (Sunday)[edit]

October 17, 1955 (Monday)[edit]

October 18, 1955 (Tuesday)[edit]

October 19, 1955 (Wednesday)[edit]

October 20, 1955 (Thursday)[edit]

October 21, 1955 (Friday)[edit]

October 22, 1955 (Saturday)[edit]

October 23, 1955 (Sunday)[edit]

October 24, 1955 (Monday)[edit]

October 25, 1955 (Tuesday)[edit]

October 26, 1955 (Wednesday)[edit]

October 27, 1955 (Thursday)[edit]

October 28, 1955 (Friday)[edit]

  • Swedish cargo ship Karmas runs aground at the mouth of the River Tees, Northumberland, United Kingdom; it is refloated on 10 November.[28]
  • The US ocean liner William Lykes runs aground in Table Bay, South Africa; it is refloated on 31 October.[29]
  • Born: Bill Gates, US software designer and entrepreneur, in Seattle, Washington[30]

October 29, 1955 (Saturday)[edit]

October 29: David Oistrakh premieres Shostakovich's first Violin Concerto

October 30, 1955 (Sunday)[edit]

October 31, 1955 (Monday)[edit]

References[edit]

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  6. ^ "Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53343. London. 5 October 2011. col G, p. 7.
  7. ^ "WRATHER, JACK - The Museum of Broadcast Communications". Museum.tv. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  8. ^ "1955 Citroën DS 19". SuperCars.net.
  9. ^ a b "Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53350. London. 13 October 1955. col G, p. 6.
  10. ^ Krauze, Enrique. Mexico: Biography of Power. New York: Harper Collins 1997, chapter 17: "Manuel Ávila Camacho: The Gentleman President", pp. 491–525.
  11. ^ "Alexandrina Maria da Costa (1904-1955), biografia". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  12. ^ Osborne, Charles (1979). The opera house album: a collection of turn-of-the-century postcards. London: Robson Books. p. 56. ISBN 9780860510789.
  13. ^ Flanagan, William (2017). Aviation records in the Jet Age: the planes and technologies behind the breakthroughs. Forest Lake, MN: Specialty Press. p. 186. ISBN 9781580072304.
  14. ^ "Bluebird Sinks After Test Runs". The Times. No. 53353. London. 17 October 1955. col F, p. 8.
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  16. ^ Bowman, John (1985). The Vietnam War : an almanac. New York, N.Y: World Almanac Publications Distributed in the United States by Ballantine Books. p. 43. ISBN 9780345326317.
  17. ^ "Obituary Notices : Eugene Joseph Delporte". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 116 (2): 143–144. 1956. Bibcode:1956MNRAS.116Q.143.. doi:10.1093/mnras/116.2.143.
  18. ^ "Actor John Hodiak Dies Of Heart Attack at 41" Schenectady Gazette, October 20, 1955, p. 29.
  19. ^ Adams, Deanna (2002). Rock 'n' roll and the Cleveland connection. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. p. 16. ISBN 9780873386913.
  20. ^ Potts, Joseph E., "Orchestral Profile – The Pro Arte Orchestra", The Gramophone, October 1959, p. 163 (p. 33 in online version)
  21. ^ "FORT MACQUARIE CAR-SHEDS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 22 September 1902. p. 5. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  22. ^ "Betfred Cup final in numbers". spfl.co.uk. 25 November 2016.
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  24. ^ "Launch of the Essex Ferry, 1955". York: National Railway Museum. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  25. ^ The West Indies & Caribbean Year Book: Anuario Comercial de Las Antillas Y Países Del Caribe. Caribook Limited. 1958. p. 332.
  26. ^ "Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53362. London. 27 October 1955. col G, p. 9.
  27. ^ Marriage Act 1955
  28. ^ "News in Brief". The Times. No. 53375. London. 11 November 1955. col G, p. 5.
  29. ^ "Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53366. London. 1 November 1955. col G, p. 7.
  30. ^ "Bill Gates (American computer programmer, businessman, and philanthropist)". Britannica. Archived from the original on March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  31. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1954 ISBN 9783832956097
  32. ^ Geoffrey B. Churchman and Tony Hurst, The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History (Auckland: HarperCollins, 1991), pp. 154-9.
  33. ^ Mathilde A. Tagger; Yitzchak Kerem (2006). Guidebook for Sephardic and Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel. Avotaynu. p. 131. ISBN 9781886223288.
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  36. ^ "Princess Margaret cancels wedding". BBC News. 31 October 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-11.