Lena Maria Jonna Olin is a Swedish actress. She has received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

1955Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia^[†]

Valdis Zatlers is a Latvian politician and former physician who served as the seventh president of Latvia from 2007 to 2011. He won the Latvian presidential election of 31 May 2007. He became President of Latvia on 8 July 2007 and left office on 7 July 2011 after failing to win reelection for a second term.

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1955Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1892)^[†]

Ivan Šubašić was a Croat politician, best known as the last Ban of Croatia and Prime Minister of the royalist Yugoslav Government in exile during the Second World War.

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1955A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashes into Hawaii's Waiʻanae Range, killing 66.^[†]

The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with eleven in service, one undergoing trials, two new carriers under construction, and six other carriers planned as of 2024. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, the U.S. Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 299 deployable combat vessels and about 4,012 operational aircraft as of 18 July 2023. The U.S. Navy is one of six armed forces of the United States and one of eight uniformed services of the United States.

Historical Context for March 22, 1955

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

Headlines from March 22, 1955

Soviet Ousts Minister of Culture In New Bulganin Cabinet Shift; SOVIET DISMISSES CULTURE MINISTER

State Department Favoring George Plan for Big 4 Talk; U.S. WARM TO PLAN FOR BIG 4 PARLEY Senator Asserts U. S. Should Take Lead in Calling Parley--London Doubts Soviet Would Agree Before 1956

CITY BACKS PLANS FOR $600,000,000 IN ARTERY ROADS; ARTERIAL ROADS GET CITY BACKING Mayor Reports Agreement 'in Principle' With Program Offered by 2 Authorities BUT OBJECTIONS EXIST Estimate Board Is Said to Want Condemnation Power of Port Agency Curbed

DULLES SEES CHINA AS WORSE THREAT THAN SOVIET NOW; DULLES STRESSES RED CHINA THREAT

Great Period of Prosperity Is Envisioned by Fairless; FAIRLESS EXPECTS PROSPEROUS ERA

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Historical Context for March 22, 1955