Nostalgia
1955
Oscar Winners
Best Picture
MARTY
	
Actor
Ernest Borgnine
MARTY

Actress
Anna Magnani
THE ROSE TATTOO

World Series Champion
Brooklyn 4, N.Y. Yankees 3

National Football League Champion
Cleveland Browns defeated the Rams 38-14, December 26. 

National Basketball League Champion
1954-55  Syracuse Nationals over the Fort Wayne Pistons    4-3

National Hockey League Champion
Detroit Red Wings

Heavyweight Champion
16 May 55   Rocky Marciano w.rsi.9 Don Cockell at San Francisco
21 Sep 55   Rocky Marciano w.ko.9 Archie Moore at New York
Marciano announced retirement

President/Vice President
Republican 1953-1961, Dwight David Eisenhower/Richard M. Nixon

News Events
Hurricane "Diane" claims 184 lives from North Carolina to New England.
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat which leads to a boycott and the courts declaring a bus segregation ordinance unconstitutional.
The AFL merges with the CIO, creating the nation's largest labor union.
Dr. Jonas Salk discovers a vaccine for polio.