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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 19, 1955 |
Milan-San Remo |
Germain Derycke (Bel) |
282 km |
| March 27, 1955 |
Tour of Flanders |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
263 km |
| April 10, 1955 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Jean Forestier (Fra) |
249 km |
| May 1, 1955 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Stan Ochers (Bel) |
238 km |
| April 23-May 8, 1955 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Jean Dotto (Fra) |
15 Stages,
2,776 km |
| May 14-June 5, 1955 |
Giro d'Italia |
Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) |
21 Stages, 3,873 km |
| July7-30, 1955 |
Tour de France |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
22 Stages, 4,476 km |
| August 28, 1955 |
World
Championships |
Stan Ochers (Bel) |
Frascati, Italy 293 km |
| October 23, 1955 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Cleto Maule (Ita) |
Milan-Milan,
222 km |
• New Era of Fast Food - 1955, McDonald's Hamburger chain opened national. Ray Kroc bought a share of a San Bernardino, Calif. Hamburger stand from the McDonald brothers. The group franchised their fast food techniques.
• Disneyland - Walt Disney opened his famous amusement park and resort in Anaheim, California.
• NATO - West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Notable Deaths -
Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, was a physicist and mathematician who first proposed the Theory of Relativity. His equation E = mc 2 changed the World.
Denton True “Cy” Young, 1867-1955 , one of the greatest pitcher in baseball. His nickname, Cy, was short for cyclone, because he threw the baseball with a cyclones force. The best current day pitchers vie for the yearly ‘ Cy Young Award.'
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