The temperature on October 7, 1955 was between 7.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
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.
May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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