WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1955
Find out what all happened January to October 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)

Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated. (2. January 1955)

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

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)

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

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

Soviet Union regional elections, 1955. (27. February 1955)

Chinese Civil War: Battle of Yijiangshan is fought. (18. January 1955)

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

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

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

West Germany gains full sovereignty. (5. May 1955)

The Soviet Union ends the state of war with Germany. (25. January 1955)

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

In the United Kingdom, the television channel ITV goes live for the first time. (22. September 1955)

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

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