August 1955 calendar

August 1955
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1955.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Sir Anthony Eden (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1955: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1955?

Events

01 Aug 1955 Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malacca government
03 Aug 1955 Roger Moens runs world record 800 m
04 Aug 1955 Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters
05 Aug 1955 After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games
07 Aug 1955 Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel
08 Aug 1955 Fidel Castro forms July 26th Movement
11 Aug 1955 Indonesia government of Harahap forms
12 Aug 1955 22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27
15 Aug 1955 WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA (ABC) begins
16 Aug 1955 Fiat Motors orders first private atomic reactor.
17 Aug 1955 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage.
18 Aug 1955 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts
19 Aug 1955 32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut
20 Aug 1955 First airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph) - HA Hanes, Palmdale, California, USA.
22 Aug 1955 Eleven schoolchildren are killed when their school bus is hit by a freight train in Spring City, Tennessee.
23 Aug 1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open
25 Aug 1955 Last Soviet forces leave Austria
27 Aug 1955 Guinness Book of World Records 1st published
28 Aug 1955 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
31 Aug 1955 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)
17 Aug 1955 Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.[11]