WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1955
Find out what all happened August to December 1955

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

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

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

Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan. (7. August 1955)

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

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

After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio. (5. November 1955)

American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (1. 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations. (14. December 1955)