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March 2, 1955

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Headlines from March 2, 1955

CHURCHILL HOLDS U. S. HAS THE LEAD IN HYDROGEN BOMB; Churchill Says U. S. Holds Lead Over Soviet on Hydrogen Bombs Says Only Americans Can Attack Quickly in Strength, but Warns of Future STRESSES DETERRENTS Urges West to Expand Edge to Convince Russians That Surprise Is Valueless

By Drew Middletonspecial To the New York Times

Churchill presents White Paper outlining Govt policy of 'defense through deterrents' and explaining decision to mfr H-bomb, Commons; notes proximity of GB to USSR bases in E Ger among reasons for bomb mfr; Labor party amendment finds policy fails to propose reorgn of forces and CD, to estimate spending and explain 'deficiencies' in present weapons; 3 Laborites offer amendment scoring H-bomb mfr

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Egypt Files Protest in U.N. On Israeli Attacks at Gaza; Egypt Protests to U.N. Council On Israeli Attacks in Gaza Strip Request for Action by Security Council Deferred--Toll of Incident 38--Arabs Stone Truce Office at Scene

By Kathleen Teltschspecial To the New York Times

O Loutfi (Egypt) protests attack, lr to UN Security Council pres Sarper; UN mil observers preliminary rept backs Egyptian charge Israel launched raid; Israel blames Egypt; says Israelis chased Egyptians back across border; cites armistice comm findings against Egypt in last 4 mos; Egyptian reprs reply; Egypt asks UN Security Council meeting; Min Fawzi begins talks with Council reprs; GB deplores Gaza incident; US State Dept repts US will back UN findings

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Notable Births

Dale Bozzio

1955Dale Bozzio, American pop-rock singer-songwriter[†]

Dale Frances Bozzio is an American rock and pop vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer of the '80s new wave band Missing Persons and for her work with Frank Zappa. While with Zappa, she performed significant roles in two of his major works, Joe's Garage (1979) and Thing-Fish (1984). Bozzio has released four solo albums and one EP.

Jay Osmond

1955Jay Osmond, American singer, drummer, actor, and TV/film producer[†]

Jay Wesley Osmond is an American musician. He is a member of the Osmond family of performers. He wrote the story to the 2022 musical The Osmonds, a musical based on the life and music of the family. The musical was shown around the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2022, after being previously postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ken Salazar

1955Ken Salazar, American lawyer and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Interior[†]

Kenneth Lee Salazar is an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as United States ambassador to Mexico from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as the 50th United States Secretary of the Interior in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009.

1955Steve Small, Australian cricketer[†]

Stephen Mark Small is an Australian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for New South Wales and Tasmania.

Historical Events

Norodom Sihanouk

1955Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.[†]

Norodom Sihanouk was a member of the Cambodian royal house who led the country as King, Chief of State and Prime Minister. In Cambodia, he is known as Samdech Euv. During his lifetime, Cambodia was under various regimes, from French colonial rule, a Japanese puppet state (1945), an independent kingdom (1953–1970), a military republic (1970–1975), the Khmer Rouge regime (1975–1979), a Vietnamese-backed communist regime (1979–1989), a transitional communist regime (1989–1993) to eventually another kingdom.

Historical Context for March 2, 1955

In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]