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Sunday, September 5, 2021

What events of significance happened in -1955- ?

 from Feature Writer Kathy Borlik (South Bend (IN) Tribune article 9/5/21)

First McDonald's Restaurant opened.

First can of Coca-Cola sold.

Mickey Mouse Club (TV program) had its first broadcast.

Price of Gallon of Gasoline: 23 cents a gallon.

Average worker's wage (yearly) was $4,130.

Rosa Parks (Birmingham, AL) refused to give up her bus seat.

Polio vaccine approved by FDA.

"Rock Around The Clock" reached No. 2 for the year (Billboard list).

James Dean (American actor) was killed in an auto accident 9/30.

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