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The following events occurred in July 1955:

July 1, 1955 (Friday)

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July 2, 1955 (Saturday)

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July 3, 1955 (Sunday)

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July 4, 1955 (Monday)

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July 5, 1955 (Tuesday)

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July 6, 1955 (Wednesday)

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  • Born: Sherif Ismail, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister 2015 - 2018 (d. 2023).

July 7, 1955 (Thursday)

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July 8, 1955 (Friday)

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July 9, 1955 (Saturday)

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July 10, 1955 (Sunday)

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July 11, 1955 (Monday)

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July 12, 1955 (Tuesday)

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July 13, 1955 (Wednesday)

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  • British cargo ship Geologist collides with Liberian-registered SS Sun Princess and sinks with the loss of twenty of her 42 crew.[14]
  • Dies: Ruth Ellis, 28, Welsh nightclub hostess, hanged for murder in London, becoming the last woman ever to be executed in the United Kingdom; Stanley Price, 61, US film and television actor.

July 14, 1955 (Thursday)

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July 15, 1955 (Friday)

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July 16, 1955 (Saturday)

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July 17, 1955 (Sunday)

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July 18, 1955 (Monday)

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  • Disneyland opens to the public.
  • The first nuclear-generated electrical power is sold commercially, by National Reactor Testing Station, partially powering the town of Arco, Idaho.
  • The Illinois Governor, William Stratton, signs the "Loyalty Oath Act", passed by the State Legislature, which mandates all public employees take a loyalty oath to Illinois and the United States, or lose their jobs.
  • The first Geneva Summit meeting between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France begins. It ends on July 23.

July 19, 1955 (Tuesday)

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July 20, 1955 (Wednesday)

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July 21, 1955 (Thursday)

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July 22, 1955 (Friday)

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July 23, 1955 (Saturday)

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July 24, 1955 (Sunday)

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July 25, 1955 (Monday)

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July 26, 1955 (Tuesday)

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  • 1955 Israeli legislative election: Elections for the third Knesset are held in Israel. Voter turnout is 82.8%.[18] Mapai retained its plurality in the Knesset, although its share of the vote dropped by 5.1 and its share of seats dropped from 47 (at the end of the Second Knesset) to 40.

July 27, 1955 (Wednesday)

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July 28, 1955 (Thursday)

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July 29, 1955 (Friday)

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July 30, 1955 (Saturday)

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July 31, 1955 (Sunday)

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References

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  6. ^ Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 174–177
  7. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  8. ^ "JURIES 1955". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  9. ^ Meeting the Russell–Einstein Challenge to Humanity Archived 2005-05-25 at the Wayback Machine by David Krieger, October 2004]
  10. ^ "ROCK MUSIC TIMELINE". rockmusictimeline.com. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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  12. ^ Hansen, James R. (April 2018). First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-5011-5306-8.
  13. ^ "30 Drowned in Wreck". The Times. No. 53273. London. 15 July 1955. col B, p. 8.
  14. ^ "19 Missing After Sea Collision". The Times. No. 53272. London. 14 July 1955. col F, p. 8.
  15. ^ "Air Force Bal Bharati School, Lodi Road". The Hindu. October 28, 2005. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012.
  16. ^ "The 1950s". Irish TV: The story of Irish Television. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  17. ^ "Przepisy wprowadzające ustawę o orderach i odznaczeniach, uchylające przepisy o tytułach honorowych oraz zmieniające niektóre ustawy". Dziennik Ustaw (in Polish). Kancelaria Sejmu RP. 16 October 1992. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  18. ^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p124 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  19. ^ "Through the Curtain". Time Magazine. August 8, 1955. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007.
  20. ^ "Ship Hits Reef Off Malta". The Times. No. 53286. London. 30 July 1955. col D, p. 6.
  21. ^ a b   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Grimwood, James M. "Part 1 (A) Major Events Leading to Project Mercury March 1944 through December 1957". Project Mercury - A Chronology. NASA Special Publication-4001. NASA. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  22. ^ Burnett, Archie, ed. (2012). The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin. London: Faber. p. 411. ISBN 978-0-571-24006-7.
  23. ^ Spokesman Review (via Google), "Cause of Plane Crash Sought" (August 2nd, 1955 - retrieved on June 11th, 2011).