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July 27, 1955
On July 27, 1955, the Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty. Steve Camp, Olivia Dahl (died 1962), Donald Pettit would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · July 27, 1955
The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
The Austrian State Treaty or Austrian Independence Treaty established Austria as a sovereign state. It was signed on 15 May 1955 in Vienna, at the Schloss Belvedere among the Allied occupying powers and the Austrian government. The neighbouring Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia acceded to the treaty subsequently.
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 July 27, 1955
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1955 The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty. 1955 treaty re-establishing Austria as a sovereign state
The Austrian State Treaty or Austrian Independence Treaty established Austria as a sovereign state. It was signed on 15 May 1955 in Vienna, at the Schloss Belvedere among the Allied occupying powers and the Austrian government. The neighbouring Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia acceded to the treaty subsequently.
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1955 El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people on board are killed. 1955 airliner shootdown
El Al Flight 402 was an international passenger flight from London to Tel Aviv via Vienna and Istanbul. On 27 July 1955, the flight, operated by a Lockheed Constellation registered as 4X-AKC, strayed into then-Communist Bulgarian airspace and was attacked by two Bulgarian MiG-15 jet fighters, crashing near Petrich. All 7 crew and 51 passengers on board the airliner were killed.
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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