An all-white jury in Mississippi finds Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam not guilty in the torture-murder of 14-year-old African American boy Emmett Till. In…
Tag: 1955
1 December 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…
5 November 1955
After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio. The Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener…
12 April 1955
The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective. The development of the polio vaccine is a significant milestone in medical…
9 May 1955
Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is a military alliance formed by 30 North American and European countries with the…
12 April 1955
The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective. Jonas Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist who is best…
16 September 1955
A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
27 August 1955
The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published in Great Britain
14 May 1955
Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.