WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1955
Find out what all happened January to July 1955

The Bandung Conference ends: 29 non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War. (24. April 1955)

The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis. (4. January 1955)

The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective. (12. April 1955)

Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California. (17. July 1955)

Austria regains its independence as the Allied occupation following World War II ends. (12. May 1955)

The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km2) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants. (8. February 1955)

The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification ("enosis") with Greece. (1. April 1955)

King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit. (2. March 1955)

In a futile effort to topple President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some forces soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces. (16. June 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. (18. February 1955)

Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. (9. May 1955)

Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others. (15. July 1955)

First ascent of Kangchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third-highest mountain in the world, by a British expedition led by Charles Evans. Joe Brown and George Band reached the summit on May 25, followed by Norman Hardie and Tony Streather the next day. (25. May 1955)

Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports. (11. June 1955)

The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges. (3. April 1955)

In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S. (25. May 1955)

The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang. (11. April 1955)

McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois (15. April 1955)

Nineteen days after bus workers went on strike in Singapore, rioting breaks out and seriously impacts Singapore's bid for independence. (12. May 1955)

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. (18. May 1955)