Historical Events in 1955
33 curated events dated to this year, and 59 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1955
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Salk Polio Vaccine Licensed
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Appointment as Librarian at the University of Hull
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Emmett Till Lynching
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Invention of ANFO and the Blasting Agent Revolution
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Ray Kroc opens first franchised McDonald's in Des Plaines
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Discovery of the Antiproton
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Eisenhower Treated with Warfarin After Heart Attack
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Enactment of the Indian Hindu Marriage Act
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Engagement to Royal Air Force Pilot
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Final Publication: 'Reflections of a Heart'
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First Flight of the Lockheed U-2
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James Dean Wears Jeans in 'Rebel Without a Cause' (1955)
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Publication of 'The Less Deceived'
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Singapore Central Provident Fund Established
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Bandung Conference Launches Non-Aligned Movement
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Beat Generation Coffeehouse Courtship
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Death of Wallace Stevens
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Global Malaria Eradication Efforts Intensify
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Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta Advance Polymerization
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Larkin's Relationship with Monica Jones
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María Sabina's Veladas with Psilocybin Mushrooms
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Morinaga Arsenic Milk Poisoning in Japan
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Paul Kirk Establishes Bloodstain Pattern Analysis as Forensic Discipline
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Publication of 'The Collected Poems of Richard Aldington'
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Ruth Ellis Case and the Role of Eyewitness Evidence in England
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ANFO Explosive Widely Used in Mining
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Discovery of the 'Tully Monster'
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Spain Joins the United Nations
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Sunglasses as Anti-Paparazzi Tool
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The Introduction of the First Industrialized Commercial Fish Finger by Birds Eye
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Wasson's Encounter with María Sabina
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Strong La Niña 1955-56 Boosts Pacific Northwest Rainfall
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The English Poet Philip Larkin's References to Cheese
Poets alive in 1955
59 poets
Poets in 1955
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