South African Congress Alliance Adopts Freedom Charter at Kliptown, June 26, 1955
Date: June 26, 1955
Date: June 26, 1955
Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. Date: June 14, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955US Navy Douglas R6D-1 Crash in Hawaii Kills 66, March 22, 1955Israel Obtains Four Dead…
The U.S. Supreme Court expands on its Brown v. Board of Education decision by ordering district courts and school districts to enforce educational desegregation "at all deliberate speed." Date: May 31, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)…
The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang. Date: April 11, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Norodom Sihanouk Abdicates Cambodian Throne…
Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. Date: January 7, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Chile Signs Buenos…
Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series. Date: February 18, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On…
Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least one hundred are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports. Date: June 11, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On…