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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1955
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| January 5, 1955 |
Walter George elected President pro tem of the Senate |
| February 9, 1955 |
Peach State Jamboree went on the air in Swainsboro
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Emanuel County, Georgia |
| March 16, 1955 |
I Got a Woman by Ray Charles, considered to be the first soul record, reaches #2 on the R&B charts
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Ray Charles |
| March 21, 1955 |
Walter Francis White dies
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| April 7, 1955 |
First flight of the Lockheed C-130A in Marietta, Georgia (Lockheed Plant Number 6) |
| May 18, 1955 |
Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator and Civil Rights leader, dies in Daytona Beach
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Mary McLeod Bethune |
| May 21, 1955 |
Telephone worker strike ends.
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| June 5, 1955 |
Boston University awards a degree in systematic theology to Martin Luther King
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Martin Luther King
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| June 13, 1955 |
Eighth Air Force reassigned to the Strategic Air Command (SAC) |
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Eighth Air Force |
| July 12, 1955 |
Playing in front of a hometown crowd at Milwaukee's County Stadium, Hank Aaron goes 2-for-2 with a run and an RBI in a 6-3 victory over the American League
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Hank Aaron
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| August 21, 1955 |
Atlanta phone numbers begin an expansion to 7 digits
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| August 21, 1955 |
On the St. Mary's River the Cason J. Callaway collides with the B.F. Jones, causing major structural damage to both ships. |
| September 5, 1955 |
Waffle House Unit No. 1 (the first Waffle House) opens in Avondale Estates, Georgia. |
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
| October 4, 1955 |
George Mathews of Americus, in association with Bell Systems, demonstrates a photovoltic (sun-powered) phone, the Bell Solar Battery, in the rural Georgia town.
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| October 9, 1955 |
Bill Elliot born, Dawsonville, Georgia
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Bill Elliott |
| October 14, 1955 |
(Circa) Jerry Reed cuts "If The Good Lord’s Willing And The Creeks Don’t Rise," his first recording, at a studio in Nashville |
| November 1, 1955 |
James Brown and the Famous Flames record Please, Please, Please at WIBB in Macon
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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James Brown |
| November 6, 1955 |
Russell announces he will not seek the 1956 Democratic nomination for President
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| November 7, 1955 |
In a pivitol ruling, the U. S. Supreme Court desegregates public golf courses, playgrounds and beaches. Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge says the public has the right to "refuse to comply." (Actually, they don't)
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| December 1, 1955 |
Rosa Parks refuses to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama bus.
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Martin Luther King
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| December 2, 1955 |
Hood's Ole Dan is born. Frank Heard would give the pup to Cecelia Seiler, beginning the legacy of Uga, the UGA mascot
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| December 5, 1955 |
Martin Luther King is elected president of the Montgomery (AL) Improvement Association, which will lead the boycott of local buses resulting from the arrest of Rosa Parks
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Martin Luther King
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