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February 1 – Major tornadoes in Mississippi. February 10 – The Seventh Fleet of the United States Navy helps the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan. February 12 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam.
1955 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1955th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 955th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade.
1955 – Jonas Salk develops polio vaccine; 1955 – Rock and roll music enters the mainstream, with "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets becoming the first record to top the Billboard pop charts. Elvis Presley also begins his rise to fame around this same time. 1955 – Actor James Dean is killed in a highway accident
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1 January – The UK's first atomic bomber unit, No. 138 Squadron RAF, is formed, flying Vickers Valiants from RAF Gaydon in Warwickshire. [1]7 January – UK release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release, covertly funded by the CIA.
1955 events in the United States by month (12 C) / 1955 disestablishments in the United States (39 C, 15 P) 1955 establishments in the United States (56 C, 67 P) A.
December 1955 events in North America (4 C) C. 1955 events in Canada by month (7 C) M. 1955 events in Mexico by month (4 C) U. 1955 events in the United States by ...
Events from the year 1955 in Canada. Incumbents. Crown. Monarch – Elizabeth II [1] Federal government. Governor General – Vincent Massey [2] Prime ...