1955: what happened around the world

In 1955, 116 events recorded on Erask's globe began — Austrian State Treaty, Istanbul pogrom and Montgomery bus boycott among the best known. 69 more were already under way, such as Cuban Revolution and Algerian War. 125 things were founded or built that year, from South Vietnam and Disneyland.

116events began
69already under way
125founded or built
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Wars, battles and sieges58

+18 less-known, on the globe.

Accidents and fires29

Revolts, massacres and attacks14

Disasters8

Expeditions5

Treaties, councils and politics2

Already under way in 195569

Came to an end in 19557

Founded or built in 1955125

+95 more, on the globe.

Stories that pass through 1955

Volcanic EruptionsEvery significant eruption on record since 1500 How America Filled UpEvery American city of 60,000 people, in the year it began Women's SuffrageA map filling in, one country at a time, 1893-2012 DecolonisationHow a third of the world stopped belonging to somebody else, 1945–1990 Nuclear detonationsEvery recorded nuclear test, 1945–1998

Nearby years

1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 All of the 20th century →

Every entry comes from Wikidata and links to its Wikipedia article; entries are ordered by how many language editions of Wikipedia cover them. Only things with a date are listed, and dates before the modern era are often approximate. How this is made →