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…
In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas as part of a larger outbreak across the Great Plains, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S. Date: May 25, 1955 Read more 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 → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in…
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)
Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. Date: May 9, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect. Date: May 5, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference. Date: April 18, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective. Date: April 12, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)