South African Congress Alliance Adopts Freedom Charter at Kliptown, June 26, 1955

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…

Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered. Date: January 2, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This…

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 1955Cardiff Proclaimed Capital…

General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year. Date: December 31, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Marian Anderson First Person of Color at Metropolitan Opera, January…

Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others. Date: July 15, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Argentine Navy Bombs Perón Supporters in Buenos Aires, June 16,…