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1955 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. It marked several events in history, such as the Battle of Yijiangshan Islands, the Bandung Conference, and the opening of Disneyland.
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November. November 1 – A time bomb explodes in the cargo hold of United Airlines Flight 629, a Douglas DC-6 B airliner flying above Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members. November 5 – Racial segregation is forbidden on trains and buses in U.S. interstate commerce.
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Monarch – Elizabeth IIPrime Minister – Winston Churchill (Conservative) (until 6 April), Anthony Eden (Conservative) (starting 6 April)1 January – The UK's first atomic bomber unit, No. 138 Squadron RAF, is formed, flying Vickers Valiants from RAF Gaydonin Warwickshire.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 rel...11 January – 1955 RAF Shackleton aircraft disappearance: Two Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft flying from RAF St Evalin Cornwall disappear without trace during a routine pat...23 January – Sutton Coldfield rail crash: an express train takes a sharp curve too fast and derails at Sutton Coldfield railway station: 17 killed, 43 injured.Kingsley Amis's comic novel That Uncertain Feeling.Derrick Sherwin Bailey's study Homosexuality and the Western Christian Tradition.Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novel Hickory Dickory Dock.January–June
1. 1 January 1.1. Mary Beard, classicist 1.2. Simon Schaffer, academic and historian of science and philosophy 2. 3 January – Helen O'Hara, rock violinist 3. 5 January – Jimmy Mulville, comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter, co-founder of Hat Trick Productions 4. 6 January – Rowan Atkinson, comedy performer 5. 15 January – Nigel Benson, author and illustrator 6. 18 January – Lionel Barber, journalist 7. 19 January 7.1. Tony Mansfield, singer-songwriter and producer 7.2. Simon Rattle, orc...
July–December
1. 6 July – Michael Boyd, theatre director (died 2023) 2. 12 July – Timothy Garton Ash, modern historian 3. 18 July – Terry Chambers, rock drummer 4. 20 July – Jem Finer, folk rock banjoist, composer and multimedia artist 5. 21 July – Henry Priestman, English pop singer-songwriter, keyboardist and producer 6. 29 July – Stephen Timms, Labour politician 7. 6 August – Gordon J. Brand, golfer 8. 13 August – Paul Greengrass, film director 9. 14 August – Gillian Taylforth, television actress 10. 23...
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1. Rebecca Salter, printmaker and multimedia abstract artist, President of the Royal Academy 2. Phil Sawdon, artist, writer and academic
7 January – Lamorna Birch, painter (born 1869)10 January – Annette Mills, television presenter (born 1894)29 January – Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, Welsh politician (born 1865)11 March – Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(born 1881)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 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.
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