WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1955
Find out what all happened February to August 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 Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends. (27. July 1955)

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

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

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

Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. (2. May 1955)

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

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

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

Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. (14. June 1955)

Mir Mine, the first diamond mine in the USSR, is discovered. (13. June 1955)

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

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)

Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement. (28. August 1955)

Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea scrolls. (13. February 1955)