A four-person landing party, led by Lt.-Cdr. Desmond Scott RN, disembarks from a Royal Navy helicopter and raises the Union Flag on Rockall, claiming the uninhabited Atlantic island for the United Kingdom. Date: September 18, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅…
A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile. Date: September 16, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight. Date: September 16, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots. Date: September 6, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
Black teenager Emmett Till is lynched in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement. Date: August 28, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published in Great Britain. Date: August 27, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives. Date: August 19, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people. Date: August 17, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on July 27 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)