Date: November 1, 1955
The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown. Date: June 26, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Military Assistance Advisory Group Established in South Vietnam…
Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam. Date: October 23, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955US Navy Douglas R6D-1 Crash in…
An order to protect the endangered Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is legalized. Date: March 4, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Royal Navy Claims Rockall for UK, Raises Union Flag September 18,…
National Review publishes its first issue. Date: November 19, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1955Soviet Union Launches RDS-37 Hydrogen Bomb Over Semipalatinsk, November 22, 1955Norodom Sihanouk Abdicates Cambodian Throne in Favor of Suramarit,…
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) More events from 1955Le Mans Deadliest Motorsports Crash Kills 83 June 11, 1955General Treaty Recognizes…
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…