The temperature on October 1, 1955 was between 4.5 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
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.
June 11 » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
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