WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1955
Find out what all happened July to December 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)

Istanbul's Greek and Armenian minority are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom. (6. September 1955)

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

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

Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on American television. (10. December 1955)

Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24. (30. September 1955)

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

The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO. (5. December 1955)

The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner. (1. November 1955)

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

A Soviet Navy Zulu class submarine becomes the first submarine to launch a ballistic missile. (16. September 1955)

Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California. (5. October 1955)

NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition. (24. December 1955)

The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC. (3. October 1955)

E.D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (5. December 1955)

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

The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France. (28. July 1955)

American poet Allen Ginsberg performs his poem Howl for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco. (7. October 1955)

Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom. (20. December 1955)