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February 13, 1955
On February 13, 1955, israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls. Steve Camp, Olivia Dahl (died 1962), Donald Pettit would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · February 13, 1955
Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel's western coast lies on the Mediterranean Sea, its southern tip reaches the Red Sea, and to the east is Earth's lowest point near the Dead Sea.
Around 1955
The year in brief
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1955th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 955th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade.
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On February 13, 1955
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1955 Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls. Country in West Asia
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel's western coast lies on the Mediterranean Sea, its southern tip reaches the Red Sea, and to the east is Earth's lowest point near the Dead Sea.
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1955 Twenty-nine people are killed when Sabena Flight 503 crashes into Monte Terminillo near Rieti, Italy. 1955 aviation accident
The crash of Sabena Flight 503 was an accident involving a Douglas DC-6 of the Belgian airline company Sabena which crashed into Monte Terminillo near Rieti, Italy, 100 km north east of Rome on 13 February 1955, killing all 29 people on board.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1955
- April 1 The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
- April 11 The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
- April 12 The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
- April 15 McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
- April 18 Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
- April 24 The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
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