WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1955
Find out what all happened March to December 1955

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

The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown. (26. June 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 Soviet battleship Novorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol. (29. October 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)

The Russell–Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London, England, United Kingdom. (9. July 1955)

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

The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded. (25. September 1955)

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

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)

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

The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight. (16. September 1955)

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

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

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