WHAT HAPPENED IN 1955.
Look what happened the 1955.

The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia. (23. 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 American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO. (5. December 1955)

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

Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on American television. (10. December 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)

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

NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition. (24. December 1955)

General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year. (31. December 1955)

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