116 notable events from 1955 — air crashes, murders and wars. Page 1 of 2.
- Emmett Till
Aug 28, 1955 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1955 Le Mans disaster
Jun 11, 1955 · France · Bombing & explosion
- Dirty War
1955–1989 · Argentina · Terrorism
- Montgomery bus boycott
Dec 5, 1955–Dec 20, 1956 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Shiun Maru disaster
May 11, 1955 · Japan · Maritime disaster
- Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter
Aug 21, 1955 · United States
- Revolución Libertadora
Sep 16, 1955–May 1, 1958 · Argentina · Terrorism
- 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans
Jun 12, 1955 · France · Incident
- Istanbul pogrom
Sep 6, 1955–Sep 7, 1955 · Türkiye · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Joachim Kroll
Feb 8, 1955–Jul 3, 1976 · Germany · Attack (other)
- Yumiko-chan incident
Sep 3, 1955 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Richard Riot
Mar 17, 1955 · Canada · Riot & unrest
- Morinaga Milk arsenic poisoning incident
Jun 1, 1955 · Japan · Epidemic & disease
- United Air Lines Flight 629
Nov 1, 1955 · United States · Aviation accident
- Battle of Philippeville
Aug 20, 1955–Aug 25, 1955 · Algeria · Massacre
- Jack Gilbert Graham
Nov 1, 1955 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Bombing of Plaza de Mayo
Jun 16, 1955 · Argentina · Massacre
- Walter H. Bourque Jr.
Jul 6, 1955 · Murder & homicide
- Nylon rope incident
Jan 2, 1955 · Japan
- Operation Auca
Sep 1955–Jan 8, 1956 · Ecuador · Massacre
- Cypriot intercommunal violence
Jan 1, 1955–Jan 1, 1974 · Cyprus · War & armed conflict
- Kashmir Princess
Apr 11, 1955 · Vietnam · Aviation accident
- Hashikita Junior High School drowning incident
Jul 28, 1955 · Japan · Maritime disaster
- Church of the Firstborn (LeBaron family)
Sep 21, 1955 · Mexico · Murder & homicide
- 1955 Argentine coup d'état
Sep 16, 1955–Sep 23, 1955 · Argentina · War & armed conflict
- El Al Flight 402
Jul 27, 1955 · Bulgaria · Aviation accident
- Murder of Antonietta Longo
Jul 5, 1955 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- TWA Flight 260
Feb 19, 1955 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1955 Kitakami bus crash
May 14, 1955 · Japan · Road accident
- United Air Lines Flight 409
Oct 6, 1955 · United States · Aviation accident
- Hock Lee bus riots
May 12, 1955 · Singapore · Riot & unrest
- Fukuwarai murder case
Feb 3, 1955 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Cotton Excreting Diseases
Feb 1955–Feb 19, 1967 · Japan · Epidemic & disease
- Weldon Kees
Jul 18, 1955 · United States · Disappearance
- Pan Am Flight 845/26
Mar 26, 1955 · United States · Aviation accident
- Stanley Mathenge
Jan 1, 1955 · War & armed conflict
- Sufan movement
Jan 1, 1955–Jan 1, 1957 · China · Massacre
- Operation Black Arrow
Feb 28, 1955 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- Snow Brand Yakumo factory powdered skim milk food poisoning incident
1955 · Scandal & controversy
- Seibo no Sono nursing home fire
Feb 17, 1955 · Japan · Fire
- Stephen A. Nash
Jan 1, 1955–Jan 1, 1956 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Daisan Seitoku Maru incident
Mar 2, 1955 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Cinema fire in Wielopole Skrzyńskie
May 11, 1955 · Poland · Fire
- Sumida Ward fireworks wholesaler explosion
Aug 1, 1955 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Vitalino Morandini
Jan 1, 1955–Jan 1, 1956 · Attack (other)
- Great Fire of Niigata
Oct 1, 1955 · Japan · Fire
- 16 June 1955 church burnings
Jun 16, 1955 · Argentina · Attack (other)
- Alfred Engleder
Jan 1, 1955–Jan 1, 1957 · Austria · Attack (other)
- Sabena Flight 503
Feb 13, 1955 · Italy · Aviation accident
- Murder of Janet Marshall
Aug 28, 1955 · France · Murder & homicide
- 1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision
Jan 12, 1955 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1955 Hunter Valley floods
Feb 23, 1955 · Australia · Natural disaster
- Vender Duncan
Jan 1, 1955–Jan 1, 1957 · Murder & homicide
- Nippon Carlit factory explosion accident
Aug 2, 1955 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Abe Mining slag heap collapse accident
Apr 16, 1955 · Japan · Disaster
- 1955 Altensteig mid-air collision
Aug 11, 1955 · Germany · Aviation accident
- C-47 crash on Kilimanjaro
May 18, 1955 · Tanzania · Aviation accident
- Massacre of Oued-Zem (1955)
Aug 20, 1955 · Morocco · Massacre
- Mary Elizabeth Wilson
Jan 1, 1955–Jan 1, 1957 · Murder & homicide
- 1955 Hawaii R6D-1 crash
Mar 22, 1955 · United States · Aviation accident
- Torit mutiny
Aug 18, 1955–Aug 30, 1955 · South Sudan · War & armed conflict
- Sutton Coldfield rail crash
Jan 22, 1955 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- 1955 Yemeni coup attempt
Mar 31, 1955 · Yemen · War & armed conflict
- Operation Olive Leaves
Dec 10, 1955–Dec 11, 1955 · Israel · War & armed conflict
- American Airlines Flight 476
Aug 4, 1955 · United States · Aviation accident
- Hachioji F-50 crash
Sep 19, 1955 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Herman Schultheis
May 20, 1955 · Guatemala · Disappearance
- Gwon Seon-o incident
Aug 29, 1955 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1955 MacArthur Airport United Air Lines crash
Apr 4, 1955 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1955 Scottsbluff tornado
Jun 27, 1955 · United States · Natural disaster
- Shikijo Psychiatric Hospital fire
Jun 18, 1955 · Japan · Fire
- Double murder of Montfort l'Amaury
1955 · France · Murder & homicide
- Gobancho incident
Apr 10, 1955 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1955 seizure of the Romanian embassy in Bern
Feb 1, 1955 · Switzerland · Terrorism
- 1955 RAF Shackleton aircraft disappearance
Jan 11, 1955 · Ireland · Disappearance
- Disappearance of Steven Damman
Oct 31, 1955 · United States · Disappearance
- Bombardment of Mar del Plata
Sep 19, 1955 · Argentina · War & armed conflict
- 1955 Leopoldsberg air accident
Oct 10, 1955 · Austria · Aviation accident
- Aeroflot Flight 214
Aug 6, 1955 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Barnes rail crash
Dec 2, 1955 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- Operation Volcano (Israeli raid)
Nov 2, 1955–Nov 3, 1955 · Israel · War & armed conflict
- Milton rail crash
Nov 20, 1955 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- Panair do Brasil Flight 263
Jun 16, 1955 · Paraguay · Aviation accident
- 1955 Madaba riot
1955 · Jordan · Riot & unrest
- 1955 Naguwashi F-94 crash
Mar 24, 1955 · Japan · Aviation accident
- 1955 Hino B-26 crash
Oct 9, 1955 · Japan · Aviation accident
- MT Czubatka
May 10, 1955 · Norway
- 1955 Alexandria earthquake
Sep 12, 1955 · Egypt · Earthquake
- June 1955 incidents at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
from Jun 11, 1955 · Argentina
- 1955 Lanao earthquake
Mar 31, 1955 · Philippines · Earthquake
- East African Airways Flight 104
May 18, 1955 · Tanzania · Aviation accident
- 1955 San Bernardo rail accident
Jul 17, 1955 · Chile · Rail accident
- Morgnano mine disaster
Mar 22, 1955 · Italy · Industrial & structural disaster
- André Robini
Jan 1, 1955–Jan 1, 1956 · France · Murder & homicide
- Wreck of the Trebbo
Jun 22, 1955 · Italy · Maritime disaster
- May 1955 riots in French Cameroon
May 22, 1955–May 30, 1955 · Cameroon · Riot & unrest
- 1955 Villa Giardino's earthquake
May 28, 1955 · Argentina · Earthquake
- Wunderer blouse case
1955 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- 1 April attacks (Cyprus)
Apr 1, 1955 · Cyprus · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Philippeville
Aug 20, 1955 · Algeria · War & armed conflict