Date: September 23, 1955
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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 โ ๐ Other events on June 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1955 ๐ On…
Ngรด ฤรฌnh Diแปm proclaims himself as President of the newly created Republic of Vietnam. Date: October 26, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on October 26 ๐ Events on this day in 1955 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1955South African Congress Alliance Adopts Freedom Charter at Kliptown, June 26,…
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 โ ๐ Other events on May 18 ๐ Events on this day in…
Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals. Date: August 20, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 20 ๐ Events on this day in 1955 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…
Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. Date: May 9, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1955 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Jonas Salk Polio Vaccine Declared Safe and Effective, April 12, 1955Air India Kashmir Princess Bombing, Zhou Enlai Assassination Attempt,…
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 โ ๐ Other events on January 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1955 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1955USSR-GDR Treaty on…