The temperature on October 31, 1955 was between -1.7 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
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