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The Nation 1955
President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver
Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (New York City)
Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between U.S. states
Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus
Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks
U.S. federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO AFL and CIO merge, with George Meany as president
Congress orders all U.S. coins bear motto "In God We Trust"
Nobel prizes 1955
Physics – Willis Eugene Lamb, Polykarp Kusch
Chemistry – Vincent du Vigneaud
Physiology or Medicine- Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell
Literature – Halldór Kiljan Laxness
Peace – not awarded
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General Motors President Harlow Herbert Curtice
"Because of the success of the American economic system, the U.S. rolled through 1955 in two-toned splendor to an alltime crest of prosperity, heralded around the world. Much of this prosperity was directly attributable to the manufacture and sale of that quintessential American product, the automobile. Some 8,000,000 of them were produced and sold, and a good half of them were made and marketed by General Motors under the direction of President Harlow Herbert Curtice—the Man of the Year."
The World 1955
Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden succeeds him
Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania
Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine President Juan Peron
The Class of 1955
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