April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
Day of death October 14, 1955
The temperature on October 14, 1955 was between 10.9 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Day of burial October 17, 1955
The temperature on October 17, 1955 was between 1.7 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
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