WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO NOVEMBER 1955
Find out what all happened March to November 1955

Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam. (26. October 1955)

The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown. (26. June 1955)

National Review publishes its first issue. (19. November 1955)

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

In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals. (20. August 1955)

The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour. (23. April 1955)

The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia. (23. November 1955)

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

In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives. (19. August 1955)

The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends. (27. July 1955)

The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948. (2. June 1955)

Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. (14. May 1955)

After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality. (26. October 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)

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

Istanbul's Greek and Armenian minority are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom. (6. September 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)

Lux Radio Theater signed off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films. (7. June 1955)

After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio. (5. November 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)