The temperature on November 11, 1955 was between 6.2 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
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