Date: April 24, 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 β π Other events on February 18 π Events on this day in 1955 π On…
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 β π Other events on May 18 π Events on this day in…
The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective. Date: April 12, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 12 π Events on this day in 1955 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1955U.S. Supreme Court Orders School Desegregation Enforcement, May 31, 1955Saimaa Ringed Seal…
El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people on board are killed. Date: July 27, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 27 π Events on this day in 1955 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Norodom…
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 β π Other events on May…
The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded. Date: September 25, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 25 π Events on this day in 1955 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Martin 2-0-2 and DC-3 Collision Over Boone County, Kentucky, January 12, 1955Israel Obtains Four Dead Sea Scrolls, February…