Oct 26 Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres

Oct 01 Commissioning of USS Forrestal (CVA-59), first of postwar supercarriers

Oct 08 Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, Saratoga (US), launched

Jul 17 Arco, Idaho becomes first US city lit by nuclear power

Jul 01 The escort carrier uss Thetis Bay, in process of conversion to the new mission, was reclassified as an assault Helicopter Aircraft Carrier and redesignated CVHA 1.

Jul 06 The Federal Air Pollution Control Act was implemented on this day in 1955, providing federally allocated funds for research into causal analysis and control of car-emission pollution

Jul 18 The first electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially

Jul 17 Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County

Jul 22 The first VP to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon

Jul 14 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England

Jul 27 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1751 Herget

Jul 17 Disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA

Jul 11 Congress authorizes all US currency to say "In God We Trust"

Jul 26 Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers

Jul 09 Bill Haley & Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" tops billboards chart

Jul 16 "Golden Horseshoe Revue" first of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland

Jul 27 Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation

Jul 22 Joseph Foley actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45

Jul 02 "Lawrence Welk Show" premiers on ABC

Jul 13 Ruth Ellis hung

Jul 11 New USAF Academy dedicated at Lowry AFB in Colo with 300 cadets

Mar 05 Elvis Presley's first TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show

Mar 18 I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan

Mar 13 Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal

Mar 30 27th Academy Awards "On the Waterfront", Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly win

Mar 28 New Zealand cricket all out for 26 vs England at Eden Park

Mar 14 Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal

Mar 19 The birth of Bruce Willis, American actor

Mar 25 East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, USSR

Mar 31 US Assay Office in Seattle WA closes

Mar 19 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63

Mar 16 Josephine Kroesen appointed as first Dutch female judge

Mar 26 "Ballad of Davy Crockett", becomes the #1 record in US

Mar 07 Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised

Mar 14 Off the Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.0 earthquake one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States

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