Date: May 25, 1955
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 📅…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955José Ramón Guizado…
Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered. Date: January 2, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This…
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 1955California Flood Kills 74, Devastates State, December 24, 195516 Countries Join…
Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others. Date: July 15, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955USSR-GDR Treaty on Relations Signed, September 20, 1955First Guinness Book…
Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit. Date: March 2, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955McDonald’s Founded by Ray Kroc in Des Plaines, Illinois -…