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30 October 1955 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 October 1955 was a Sunday.
- Top Film of 1955
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1955 was Lady and the Tramp.
- Bestselling Novel of 1955
- “Marjorie Morningstar” by Herman Wouk was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1955.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The $64,000 Question” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1955–56 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 30 October is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 October 1955 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 October 1955 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 30 October
- 1944 Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
- 1947 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
- 1953 President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
- 1956 Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads anti-Soviet militias in an attack on the headquarters of the Hungarian Working People's Party.
- 1968 A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos land in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and bring about the reunification of Korea.
Famous people born on October 30
- Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer (born 1945)
- John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (1735–1826)
- Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman (born 1981)
- Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (1960–2020)
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Events of 1955 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1955 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 12 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam.
- June 16 – Lady and the Tramp premieres in Chicago. It is the first animated film distributed by Disney's own Buena Vista Film Distribution and the first filmed in CinemaScope widescreen.
- July 17 – The Disneyland theme park opens in Anaheim, California, an event broadcast on the ABC television network.
Life in the US in 1955
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gas (per gallon)
$0.29
Loaf of Bread
$0.18
Average House
$9,400
Weekly Wage
$70
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