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1955 Historical Event(s)
January 24, 1955
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Sheep in Chinese astrology.
February 13, 1955
– Israel obtains 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls.
April 12, 1955
– The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
May 14, 1955
– Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
May 25, 1955
– First ascent of Kangchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third highest mountain in the world, by a British expedition led by Joe Brown and George Band.
September 6, 1955
– Istanbul Pogrom: Istanbul’s Greek and Armenian minority are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom.
September 22, 1955
– In the United Kingdom, the television channel ITV goes live for the first time.
October 26, 1955
– Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
November 23, 1955
– The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia.
December 10, 1955
– The Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on television.
Who Were Born On 1955?
January 18, 1955
– Kevin Costner, American actor
February 3, 1955
– Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist
March 2, 1955
– Terrence Stone, Irish-American voice actor
April 17, 1955
– Todd Lickliter, American basketball coach
April 25, 1955
– Christopher Tyng, American composer
May 16, 1955
– Jack Morris, American baseball player
June 15, 1955
– David Kennedy, American son of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy (d. 1984)
July 9, 1955
– Willie Wilson, American baseball player
September 24, 1955
– Riccardo Illy, Italian politician
November 9, 1955
– Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director