June 1955 in History

Events in History

Jun 1 Tunisian nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba returns to Tunisia after imprisonment and exile in France
Jun 2 The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.

Event of Interest

Jun 7 India Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visit USSR

Jun 9 Temperature reaches 100°F in Seattle, Washington, the then hottest day on record
Jun 10 1st separation of virus into component parts reported
Jun 11 1st magnesium jet airplane flies
Jun 14 Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
Jun 15 Australia score 8-758 v West Indies at Kingston, their best ever

Event of Interest

Jun 15 The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack

34th US President & WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Event of Interest

Jun 16 Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine President Juan Perón

Event of Interest

Jun 22 Antonio Segni forms government in Italy

Jun 22 US air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea

Event of Interest

Jun 25 Notre Dame du Haut chapel designed by Le Corbusier is consecrated in Ronchamp, France

Jun 26 Freedom Charter signed in South Africa
Jun 27 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois)
Jun 29 Argentine state of siege ends

Birthdays in History

Jun 2 Chantal Hochuli, Swiss-born socialite
Jun 4 Paul Stewart, British writer (The Edge Chronicles, Far Flung Adventures), born in London, England
Jun 7 Bill Koch, American skier, born in Brattleboro, Vermont

Tim Berners-Lee (67 years old)

Jun 8 English inventor (World Wide Web), born in London, England

Jun 10 Stanislav Kropilák, Slovak basketball power forward-center (4 × FIBA European Selection; 5 × Czech Player of the Year; BK Inter Bratislava), born in Kremnica, Slovakia (d. 2022)
Jun 11 Tony Allcock, English bowls player (World Singles Champion (1986-87, 2002), born in Leicestershire
Jun 14 Larry Burrows, fictional character (Mr Destiny)
Jun 14 Michael D. Duvall, American politician (Member of the California State Assembly from the 72nd district), born in Alameda County, California
Jun 15 Sally E Silverstone, Walthamstow England, Co-Captain (Biosphere 2)
Jun 16 Simon Bailey, priest, 1st British priest to say he had AIDS, born in Halifax, West Yorkshire (d. 1995)
Jun 17 Gail Jones, Australian author (Dreams of Speaking), born in Harvey, Western Australia
Jun 23 Pierre Corbeil, Canadian politician
Jun 24 Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Guru of Siddha Yoga
Jun 27 Frank de Grave [Franciscus Hendrikus Gerardus de Grave], Dutch politician (VVD), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jun 29 Charles J. Precourt, American NASA astronaut (STS 55, 71, 84, sk:91), born in Waltham, Massachusetts
Jun 29 Terence M. O'Sullivan, American labor union activist who is president of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA), born in San Francisco, California

Deaths in History

Jun 3 Barbara Graham, American criminal convicted of murder, dies at 31
Jun 6 Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (founder of Australian Tonalism), dies at 79
Jun 11 Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered
Jun 16 Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter, dies at 90
Jun 22 Wyllis Cooper, American TV narrator (Volume One), dies at 56
Jun 27 Jan van den Tempel, Dutch politician (SDAP), dies at 77
Jun 29 Max Pechstein, German painter and graphic artist (Oceania), dies at 73