1955 Calendar
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1955 Historical Event(s)
January 18, 1955
– Battle of Yijiangshan is fought.
January 24, 1955
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Sheep in Chinese astrology.
April 1, 1955
– The EOKA rebellion against The British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification (“enosis”) with Greece.
April 18, 1955
– 29 nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
May 14, 1955
– Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
June 26, 1955
– The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
July 28, 1955
– The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France.
October 3, 1955
– The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC.
December 14, 1955
– Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.
December 31, 1955
– The General Motors Corporation becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
Who Were Born On 1955?
January 12, 1955
– Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter
April 24, 1955
– Eamon Gilmore, Tánaiste of Ireland
April 29, 1955
– Kate Mulgrew, American actress
June 9, 1955
– Stephen Pewsey, English historian
July 31, 1955
– Jakie Quartz, French singer
September 1, 1955
– Bruce Foxton, English bassist (The Jam)
September 23, 1955
– Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer
September 25, 1955
– Zucchero, Italian musician
October 12, 1955
– Jane Siberry, Canadian musician
November 6, 1955
– Maria Shriver, American journalist