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Month of 1955
The following events occurred in February 1955 :
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The United States Seventh Fleet helps the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.
Born:
Chris Adams , English wrestler and judoka (d. 2001)
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S.
advisors to South Vietnam.
Died:
Sabena Flight 503 : Douglas DC-6 of the Belgian airline company Sabena crashed into Monte Terminillo near Rieti, Italy, killing all 29 people on board.
Died:
Marcella Mariani , 19, Italian actress and model, passenger of Sabena Flight 503
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Nearly 100 die in a fire at a home for the elderly in Yokohama, Japan.
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Died:
Paul Claudel , 86, French poet, dramatist, and diplomat
References
^ "Telgrams in Brief". The Times . No. 53159. London. 7 February 1955. col C-D, p. 6.
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"Lichen Island" .
Geographic Names Information System .
United States Geological Survey ,
United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2013-06-14 .
^ Isenberg, Michael T., Shield of the Republic: The United States Navy in an Era of Cold War and Violent Peace, Volume I: 1945-1962 , New York: St. Martin's Press,
ISBN
0-312-09911-8 , p. 614.
^
"Roma" . UrbanRail.Net . 2004. Archived from
the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-15 .
^ "Sinking Ship's Crew Of 15 Saved". The Times . No. 53166. London. 15 February 1955. col C, p. 8.
^
Brief History of Cambodian Red Cross [
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^ Leifer, Michael (2005). Chin Kin Wah, Leo Suryadinata (ed.). Michael Leifer: Selected Works on Southeast Asia .
ISBN
978-981-230-270-0 .
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Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p1302
ISBN
978-3-8329-5609-7
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"Kansanedustajat: Isak Penttala" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland:
Parliament of Finland . Archived from
the original on 11 June 2011.