Date: May 31, 1955
The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War. Date: April 24, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Lux Radio Theatre…
Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam. Date: October 23, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Emmett Till Lynched in Mississippi, Civil…
A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile. Date: September 16, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Operation Passage to Freedom Ends, 310,000 Evacuated from North Vietnam, May 18, 1955Vienna…
Ngô Đình Diệm proclaims himself as President of the newly created Republic of Vietnam. Date: October 26, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 26 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955United Air Lines Flight 629 Bombing Kills 44 Near Longmont, Colorado…
American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott. Date: December 1, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1…
The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight. Date: September 16, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955EOKA Rebellion Begins in Cyprus for Union with Greece, April 1,…