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Michiko Kakutani
1955Jan, 9

Michiko Kakutani

Michiko Kakutani, American journalist and critic
Michiko Kakutani (born January 9, 1955) is an American literary critic and former chief book critic for The New York Times. Her awards include a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

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Events on 1955

  • 7Jan

    Metropolitan Opera

    Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
  • 13Feb

    Dead Sea Scrolls

    Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
  • 18Feb

    Nevada Test Site

    Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
  • 14May

    Warsaw Pact

    Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
  • 23Oct

    State of Vietnam referendum, 1955

    Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam.