Dolly Shoe Company Stockboy
Lee worked mainly Saturdays for about ten weeks at the Dolly Shoe Company, where his employer remembered him as a stockboy.
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Historical records for United States of America in 1955
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Education
Receives Ph.D in systematic theology from Boston University
Einstein-Kaufman General Relativistic Equations
With Bruria Kaufman, develops a new form of general relativistic field equations, one of the final technical products of Einstein's lifelong geometric programme.
Emmy Award Loretta Young Show
Loretta Young won an Emmy for her acting on The Loretta Young Show, the dramatic anthology series she hosted and starred in.
Francis in the Navy
Appears in Francis in the Navy during his early period of small studio roles.
Government
Chief architect of the Baghdad Pact
Japan Covert Action Assignment
After his Guatemala work, Hunt served in Japan as a CIA covert-action officer before later assignments in the Western Hemisphere.
Jupiter Radio Emissions
With Kenneth Franklin, detects strong decametric radio bursts coming from Jupiter.
Jupiter Rotation from Radio Bursts
Uses recurring Jovian radio bursts to improve estimates of Jupiter's rotation.
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Appears in Lady Godiva of Coventry while working under his early studio contract.
Marilyn Monroe Productions
Monroe began a new Battle for control over her career and left Hollywood for the East Coast, where she and photographer Milton Greene founded their own production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP)
Marty
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in Marty
Maybellene
Chuck Berrys "Maybellene" is first of series of hits for "Mr. Rock n Roll"
Men in Dark Times Essays
Arendt developed portraits of twentieth century intellectual and moral lives.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The boycott lasts for 381 days, the situation becoming so tense that King's house is bombed, King is arrested during this campaign, which ends with a United States Supreme Court decision outlawing racial segregation on all public transport
Mr. Arkadin
Produces, "Mr. Arkadin"
Mr. Arkadin
Directs, "Mr. Arkadin"
Oklahoma!
Directs, "Oklahoma!"
Palme dOr
Directs, Marty
Palme dOr
Orson Welles film Othello wins the Palme dOr
Plays with the Ramblers
Plays drums in the Ramblers, one of his earliest teenage bands.
Pluto
Photoelectric observations establish a roughly 6.4-day brightness periodicity for Pluto, providing the first reliable measurement of its rotation period.
Preliminary American Financing Offer
Dulles supports a conditional American contribution toward the first construction phase.
Press
Appointed Editor of The National Review, warns about the dangers of Communism
Revenge of the Creature
Makes an uncredited acting debut as a laboratory assistant in the film Revenge of the Creature.
Rock n Roll
Chuck Berrys "Maybellene" is first of series of hits for "Mr. Rock n Roll"
Rock n Roll
Elvis Presley becomes first "rock star"
Russell-Einstein Manifesto Signed
Signs Bertrand Russell's appeal warning of nuclear war and urging peaceful resolution of international disputes.
Saigon Mission
Advises Ngo Dinh Diem and conducts political operations in South Vietnam
Tarantula
Appears in the science-fiction film Tarantula during his early Hollywood career.
The Deer Park
"The Deer Park", draws on his experiences working as a screenwriter in Hollywood in the early 1950s
The Ladykillers
Writes the screenplay for The Ladykillers, for which he is nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and wins the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay
The Man from Laramie
Stars in, "The Man from Laramie"
The Martian Way Collection
Asimov published The Martian Way and Other Stories, bringing several science-fiction narratives together.
To Catch a Thief
Stars in, "To Catch a Thief"
Toby Award Peter Pan Actress
Mary Martin received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for playing the title role in Peter Pan.
Trade Mart Building Financing
Shaw helped secure financing for the major International Trade Mart building project in New Orleans.
Trade Mart Tenant Recruitment
Shaw worked to attract tenants needed for the planned International Trade Mart building.
UNESCO Headquarters Construction
UNESCO's permanent Paris headquarters was under construction while Luther Evans directed the organisation's expanding international work.
Weather Radar Research
Radar methods improve storm detection and precipitation research.
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