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Events on Saturday 30 April 1955 1
1877 – 1955Alben Barkley (1877-1955)Died 30 April 1955, aged 77Alben Barkley served as Vice President of the United States under Harry Truman from 1949 to 1953. He collapsed and died of a heart attack while delivering a speech at Washington and Lee University. He was previously a longtime US Senator from Kentucky.