California Flood Kills 74, Devastates State, December 24, 1955

After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio. Date: November 5, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 5 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955South African Congress Alliance Adopts Freedom…

McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois. Date: April 15, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955USSR-Yugoslavia Normalize Relations with Belgrade Declaration…

First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: On the British Kangchenjunga expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reach the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day. Date: May 25, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May…

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 1955Emmett Till Murder Trial Acquittal in Mississippi, September 23, 1955USSR-Yugoslavia Normalize…

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 1955Ngo Dinh Diem Proclaims Presidency of…

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…