WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1955
Find out what all happened June to September 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)

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

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

Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan. (7. August 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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