December 1955
The following events occurred in December 1955:
- Edgar Faure dissolves France's National Assembly under Article 51 of the country's Constitution.
- Barnes rail crash: After a collision at Barnes, London, UK, caused by a signal error, fire breaks out. Thirteen people are killed and 35 injured.
- Resistance fighter Osvald Harjo returns to Norway after 13 years in Soviet prison camps.
- Austria's neutrality is recognised by the USA, Soviet Union, UK and France.
- The Bensen B-8M autogyro makes its maiden flight.
- Operation Olive Leaves, an Israeli reprisal operation against Syria, ends with the destruction of Syrian emplacements, and fifty-four Syrians killed in action, with another thirty taken prisoner. Six IDF fatalities are reported.[5]
- Italy's Radical Party is founded by a splinter group of the Italian Liberal Party.
- The Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River in New York State opens to traffic.
- Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Sri Lanka join the United Nations simultaneously, after several years of a moratorium on admitting new members that began during the Korean War.
- UK cargo ship Victoria City collides with Italian ship SS Valentina Bibolini off Ameland, Netherlands, and sinks.[9]
- Hugh Gaitskell becomes leader of the UK Labour Party, having as Chancellor of the Exchequer during the final year of the previous Labour government.[10]
- Born: Hervé Guibert, French writer and photographer, in Saint-Cloud (died 1991)
- Under the leadership of Ismail al-Azhari, Sudan adopts a declaration of independence from Egypt, to take effect from 1 January 1956 with the agreement of Egypt and the UK.
- The Representative of Portugal to the United Nations makes a Declaration of Acceptance, on behalf of the Government of Portugal, of the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in a dispute with India, resulting in further legal controversy.[14]
- Cardiff is declared the capital of Wales by the British Government.
- Ibrahim Hashem becomes acting Prime Minister of Jordan, thus beginning his third term in the post.
- After being on radio since 1932, the Royal Christmas Message is broadcast on British television for the first time, in sound only, at 3.00pm.
- Japanese cargo ship SS Tanda Maru is driven ashore in a typhoon on Honshu and breaks in two. Fourteen of her 24 crew are rescued by a US helicopter.[16]
- Born: Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), Chinese critic, writer and activist, in Changchun
- General Motors becomes the first American corporation to make a profit of over one billion dollars in one year.
References
- ↑ "Attlee steps down as Labour leader". BBC News. 7 December 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ↑ Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (8 December 1955), Resolution (55) 32 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, CVCE, retrieved 25 June 2014
- ↑ Lucas, John (2008). Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-402-1. p. 330.
- ↑ "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Saturday, 10 December 1955. (53400), col G, p. 5.
- ↑ Spencer Tucker, The encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli conflict, ABC-CLIO, (2008) p. 232
- ↑ GB 854211
- ↑ Aviation Hawaii: 1950-1959 Chronology of Aviation in Hawaii
- ↑ Shri. Manohar Parrikar | Goa MLA | Goa Legislative Assembly
- ↑ "New British Ship Sunk" The Times (London). Thursday, 15 December 1955. (53404), col C, p. 10.
- ↑ "Gaitskell elected Labour leader". BBC News. 14 December 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ↑ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- ↑ "1955: Queen opens London Airport terminal". BBC News. 16 December 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ↑ Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.
- ↑ Ademola Abass, Complete International Law: Text, Cases, and Materials. OUP, 2014 (2nd ed). p 548
- ↑ "The Constitution (Amendment) Acts". Constitution.org. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- ↑ "Japanese Typhoon Toll" The Times (London). Thursday, 29 December 1955. (53414), col B, p. 5.
- ↑ History portal (Turkish)
- ↑ Macrossan, Neal William (1889–1955) — Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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