1955 in Portugal explained

Events in the year 1955 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President

Francisco Craveiro Lopes

• Prime Minister

António de Oliveira Salazar

Events

• United Nations Security Council Resolution 109

Portugal and several other countries are admitted to membership to the United Nations

Sports

• AD Fundão founded
• Liga Feminina de Basquetebol founded

Births

• 27 January  - Maria do Carmo Seabra, politician
• 28 February  - Rui Reininho, singer
• 30 June  - Luís Santos, chess player and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster^{[1] [2]}
• 25 July  - Miguel Esteves Cardoso, writer, translator, critic and journalist^[3]
• 29 August  - Francisco Lopes, politician
• 1 November  - Amarilis de Varennes, academic

Deaths

• 3 January  - José Norton de Matos, military officer and politician (born 1867)
• 27 June
  • Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, politician, Prime Minister 1914 - 15 (born 1871)
  • Artur de Oliveira Santos, journalist and local politician (born 1884)
• 27 November  - Luís de Freitas Branco, composer (born 1890)
• 13 December – António Egas Moniz, neurologist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1949) (born 1874).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIDE Chess Profile . . 4 April 2016.
2. Web site: Player details  - 390057 POR GM Santos, Luís M. C. P. (2680) . International Correspondence Chess Federation . 4 April 2016.
3. Web site: Miguel Esteves Cardoso . www.geneall.net . 4 April 2016 .
4. Marco. Artico. Marialuisa. Spoletini. Lorenzo. Fumagalli. Francesca. Biagioni. Larisa. Ryskalin. Francesco. Fornai. Maurizio. Salvati. Alessandro. Frati. Francesco. Saverio Pastore. Samanta. Taurone. Egas Moniz: 90 years (1927–2017) from cerebral angiography. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 11. 81. 2017. 10.3389/fnana.2017.00081. 28974927. 5610728. 1662-5129. free.