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April 17, 1955

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Headlines from April 17, 1955

Olin to Receive Award

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COLUMBIA ROUTS ARMY'S NINE, 13-2; COLUMBIA ROUTS ARMY'S NINE, 13-2

By Lincoln A. Werden

Columbia opened its Eastern Intercollegiate League baseball season yesterday with a onesided victory. The Lions beat Army by 13--2 at Baker Field in one of the most impressive circuit starts credited to a nine from Morningside Heights.

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2,500 Gleeful Children Invade City on Zoo Train; 2,500 YOUNG VISIT CITY BY ZOO TRAIN

By Clarence Dean

NY,NH&H runs 1st children's train from Conn and Mass to Bronx Zoo for 2,500; illus

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BOMBERS TOPPLE WASHINGTON, 5-2; YANKEES TOPPLE SENATORS, 5 TO 2

By Louis Effrat

WASHINGTON, April 16-- Perfect relief pitching by Tom Morgan marked a 5-2 victory for the Yankees over the Washington Senators tonight at Griffith Stadium.

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Man vs. Polio

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A Medical Milestone On May 14, 1796, an English country doctor named Edward Jenner took some germ-filled matter from the hand of a dairy-maid stricken with cowpox and inoculated it into the arm of an 8-yearold boy.

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Notable Births

1955Todd Lickliter, American basketball player and coach^[†]

Todd Arlan Lickliter is the former head coach of the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). He was previously the head coach of Marian University, the University of Iowa, and Butler University men's basketball teams. He spent the 2011–12 season as an assistant coach at Miami (Ohio).

1955Pete Shelley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)^[†]

Pete Shelley was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their biggest hit "Ever Fallen in Love " in 1978. The band broke up in 1981 and reformed at the end of the decade. Shelley also had a solo career; his song "Homosapien" charted in Australasia and Canada in 1981 and 1982.

1955Mike Stroud, English physician and explorer^[†]

Michael Adrian Stroud, OBE, FRCP is a professor of medicine and nutrition at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, England. He has interests in gastroenterology and human health under extreme conditions. After semi-retirement in 2016, he works part time.

Historical Context for April 17, 1955

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