The temperature on January 2, 1955 was between -2.0 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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