1955

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

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Births

• Billy Bob Thornton, US actor

Deaths

• March 11 - Sir Alexander Fleming, British discoverer of penicillin.
• April 18 - Albert Einstein, scientist.

Events

• Disneyland opened
• Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of Britain for the second time.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Willis Eugene Lamb]?, - [Polykarp Kusch]?
• Chemistry - [Vincent du Vigneaud]?
• Medicine- [Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell]?
• Literature - Halldór Kiljan Laxness
• Peace - not awarded