28 January 1955Alliance Dwight David Eisenhower and TaiwanDwight David Eisenhower
The USA adopts the policy of supporting Chiang Kai-sheks regime in Taiwan. Obtains authority from the House of Representitives & Congress to support Taiwan
Historical records for United States of America in 1955, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The USA adopts the policy of supporting Chiang Kai-sheks regime in Taiwan. Obtains authority from the House of Representitives & Congress to support Taiwan
Signs the Formosa Resolution, authorizing the use of American forces to defend Taiwan and the Pescadores.
American naval forces assist the evacuation of Nationalist Chinese forces and civilians from the Tachen Islands.
Eisenhower indicates willingness to resort to nuclear weapons in the event of war
Eisenhower indicates willingness to resort to nuclear weapons in the event of war
The State Department releases previously secret papers concerning the 1945 Yalta Conference.
Albert Einstein dies in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 76.
Asks Congress for $3,530 million for foreign aid
The four occupying powers and Austria sign the State Treaty restoring Austrian sovereignty.
The USA sends Admiral Radford to Taiwan to state it will only protect mainland Taiwan
On a school personal-history form, Lee listed military service among his future plans and stated that he had no close school friends.
Bill Haley and Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1
Eisenhower has an ileitis attack & Nixon continues with Presidential responsibilities
Opens the Geneva summit with Britain, France and the Soviet Union, focusing on security and East-West tensions.
Proposes reciprocal aerial reconnaissance over military installations to reduce the risk of surprise attack.
Attends the Geneva Summit conference
From 8 to 20 August 1955, the United Nations held the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in Geneva
From 8 to 20 August 1955, the United Nations held the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in Geneva
Suffers a serious heart attack while in Colorado and temporarily reduces his official schedule.
Death of James Dean
Lee entered tenth grade at Warren Easton High School in the fall of 1955 but remained there only about a month.
Lee presented Warren Easton High School with a withdrawal note he had written himself and signed using his mother's name.
A meeting of the foreign ministers of the four major powers opens in Geneva following the summer summit.
Soon after his sixteenth birthday, Oswald tried unsuccessfully to enlist in the Marines using a false age affidavit.
Lee began work as a messenger for Gerald F. Tujague, Inc., earning about $130 per month.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, urged and planned by ED Nixon (head of the Montgomery NAACP chapter and a member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and led by Martin Luther King follows Rosa Parks arrest. Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to comply with the Jim Crow laws that required her to give up her seat to a white man
Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to comply with the Jim Crow laws that required her to give up her seat to a white man
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, urged and planned by ED Nixon (head of the Montgomery NAACP chapter and a member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and led by Martin Luther King follows Rosa Parks arrest
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, urged and planned by ED Nixon (head of the Montgomery NAACP chapter and a member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and led by Martin Luther King follows Rosa Parks arrest
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in Marty
Winner of the best male actor for "On The Waterfront"
Katie Johnson wins the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her part in The Ladykillers
Writes the screenplay for The Ladykillers, for which he is nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and wins the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay
Lee briefly belonged to the Civil Air Patrol while living in New Orleans during his teenage years.
Lee worked mainly Saturdays for about ten weeks at the Dolly Shoe Company, where his employer remembered him as a stockboy.
Receives Ph.D in systematic theology from Boston University
Appears in Francis in the Navy during his early period of small studio roles.
Chief architect of the Baghdad Pact
After his Guatemala work, Hunt served in Japan as a CIA covert-action officer before later assignments in the Western Hemisphere.
With Kenneth Franklin, detects strong decametric radio bursts coming from Jupiter.
Uses recurring Jovian radio bursts to improve estimates of Jupiter's rotation.
Appears in Lady Godiva of Coventry while working under his early studio contract.
Monroe began a new Battle for control over her career and left Hollywood for the East Coast, where she and photographer Milton Greene founded their own production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP)
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in Marty
Chuck Berrys "Maybellene" is first of series of hits for "Mr. Rock n Roll"
The boycott lasts for 381 days, the situation becoming so tense that King's house is bombed, King is arrested during this campaign, which ends with a United States Supreme Court decision outlawing racial segregation on all public transport
Produces, "Mr. Arkadin"
Directs, "Mr. Arkadin"
Directs, "Oklahoma!"
Directs, Marty
Orson Welles film Othello wins the Palme dOr
Plays drums in the Ramblers, one of his earliest teenage bands.
Photoelectric observations establish a roughly 6.4-day brightness periodicity for Pluto, providing the first reliable measurement of its rotation period.
Dulles supports a conditional American contribution toward the first construction phase.
Appointed Editor of The National Review, warns about the dangers of Communism
Makes an uncredited acting debut as a laboratory assistant in the film Revenge of the Creature.
Chuck Berrys "Maybellene" is first of series of hits for "Mr. Rock n Roll"
Elvis Presley becomes first "rock star"
Signs Bertrand Russell's appeal warning of nuclear war and urging peaceful resolution of international disputes.
Advises Ngo Dinh Diem and conducts political operations in South Vietnam
Appears in the science-fiction film Tarantula during his early Hollywood career.
"The Deer Park", draws on his experiences working as a screenwriter in Hollywood in the early 1950s
Writes the screenplay for The Ladykillers, for which he is nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and wins the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay
Stars in, "The Man from Laramie"
Stars in, "To Catch a Thief"
Shaw helped secure financing for the major International Trade Mart building project in New Orleans.
Shaw worked to attract tenants needed for the planned International Trade Mart building.
Radar methods improve storm detection and precipitation research.
Black negotiates proposed World Bank participation in financing the High Dam.
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