Pan Am Flight 845/26 Ditches Off Oregon, Killing Four, March 26, 1955
Date: March 26, 1955
Date: March 26, 1955
The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece. Date: April 1, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins, Led by Rosa Parks…
Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends. Date: May 18, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in…
The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed. Date: September 20, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Warsaw Pact Signed by Communist Bloc Nations – May 14, 1955First Ascent of…
In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas as part of a larger outbreak across the Great Plains, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S. Date: May 25, 1955 Read more on…
The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk. Date: November 22, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 22 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Ngo Dinh Diem…
Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. Date: May 14, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955West Germany Joins NATO During Cold…