page_title: 1955 in Michigan
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 1955 in Michigan / Chronology of events / April
caption_attribution_description: English: Marty Pavelich, Detroit Red Wings
context_page_description: Events from the year 1955 in Michigan
context_section_description: April 3 - In Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals, Detroit's Marty Pavelich scored a short-handed goal to break a 2-2 ties with three minutes left in the game. Detroit won the game.
  April 4 - Democrats dominated in state elections.
  April 5 - The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 7-1, in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals at Olympia Stadium.  Ted Lindsay scored four goals. The win was the 15th straight for the Red Wings, setting a new NHL record and eclipsing the prior record of 14 games set by Boston in 1930.
  April 7 - Bernie Geoffrion scored a hat trick to pace the Canadiens to victory in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
  April 10 - Gordie Howe scored a hat trick, all three goals in an 18-minute span, to lead the Red Wings to a victory in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
  April 12 - At a meeting in Ann Arbor sponsored by the University of Michigan and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. announced that the United States Secretary of Welfare had approved the Salk vaccine for general use after determining it to be safe, effective, and potent in providing long-lasting immunity to polio. The Detroit Free Press wrote: "No other event in medical annals has been surrounded by the glamor and glare," as "academic halls were taken over by klieg lights and an army of newsmen."
  April 14 - The Red Wings defeated the Canadiens in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals before a crowd of 15,541 at Olympia Stadium. Alex Delvecchio scored two goals. The two teams combined for a record 47 goals in the seven-game series.
  April 17 - Al Kaline hit three home runs in a 16-0 victory over Kansas City, had six RBIs, and boosted his batting average to .561.
  April 21 - General Motors reported first quarter sales of $2.4 billion and record earnings of $309 million.
  April 26 - A dynamite bomb thrown from a car exploded outside the Detroit home of Recorders Court Judge W. McKay Skillman. Neither the judge nor his home were injured.
  April 28 - Henry Ford II announced that Ford Motor would invest $625 million over the next three years in new plants and equipment.
caption: Marty Pavelich
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