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December 23, 1955

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Headlines from December 23, 1955

Nehru Seeks Clarification Of U. S. Position on Goa

By Special to The New York Times

NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 22 -- Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said today India had sent a note to the United States Government on the question of the joint statement on Goa issued by Secretary of State Dulles and Dr. Paulo Cunha, Foreign Minister of Portugal, on Dec. 2.

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FLOODS INUNDATE WIDE COAST AREA; 2 Towns Reported Destroyed in Northern California -- Oregon Is Hard Hit FLOODS INUNDATE WIDE COAST AREA

By the Associated Press

NW Calif inundated; Gov Knight declares emergency; towns isolated, thousands evacuated, hundreds marooned as American, Klamath, Russian, Sacramento, Yuba, Feather Rivers overflow; entire Eel River Valley flooded as 30-ft waves break at river's mouth; illus; Redwood Valley Dam overflows; log jam develops; villages of Weott, S Fork destroyed; Humbolt County isolated; rept of 30 drowned later denied; Klamath flooded, 300 evacuated; Marysville, Oroville partly isolated; Chester partly flooded; Southern Pacific RR cancels San Francisco-Portland, Ore service; 2 Natl Guard units called out, Eureka; 41st Air Rescue Sqn saves stranded victims; threat of flooding of USAF base, Hamilton, forces removal of planes to Travis base; conditions, Nev; Truckee River causes some flooding, Reno; 300-ft bridge under construction destroyed; loss set at $100,000; conditions, Idaho; Weiser River destroys hamlet of Midvale; Weiser isolated; Little Salmon River overflows; conditions, Oregon; hundreds evacuated in Grants Pass, Eugene, Roseburg areas; heavy rains attributed to shift in jet air stream over Pacific; map of flood areas

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Notable Births

Carol Ann Duffy

1955Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright[†]

Dame Carol Ann Duffy is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009, and her term expired in 2019. She was the first female poet laureate, the first Scottish-born poet and the first openly lesbian poet to hold the Poet Laureate position.

1955Grace Knight, English-Australian singer-songwriter[†]

Grace Ethel Knight is an English-born Australian vocalist and songwriter. During the 1980s she was a mainstay of pop group Eurogliders which formed in Perth, Western Australia. Knight later became a solo jazz singer and musician based in Sydney. In 1984, Eurogliders released an Australian top ten album, This Island, which spawned their No. 2 hit single, "Heaven ". "Heaven" also peaked at No. 21 on the United States' Billboard Mainstream Rock charts and appeared on the Hot 100. The song, written by Eurogliders' guitarist and cofounder, Bernie Lynch, and vocals by Knight, was their only hit in United States. Knight and Lynch married in 1985 but separated soon after. Another Australian top ten album, Absolutely, followed for Eurogliders in 1985, which provided three further local top ten singles, "We Will Together", "The City of Soul" and "Can't Wait to See You".

Historical Events

The Unknown Soldier (1955 film)

1955The first film adaptation of VĂ€inö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier, directed by Edvin Laine, premieres.[†]

The Unknown Soldier is a Finnish war film directed by Edvin Laine that premiered in December 1955. It is based on The Unknown Soldier, a novel by VÀinö Linna. The story is about the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union as told from the viewpoint of ordinary Finnish soldiers.

Historical Context for December 23, 1955

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