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In 1955 (the year you were born)


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



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