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October 1, 1955
On October 1, 1955, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established. Steve Camp, Olivia Dahl (died 1962), Donald Pettit would arrive in the same year.
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The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
Xinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia. 6 million square kilometers (620,000 sq mi) and has about 25 million inhabitants. Xinjiang borders the countries of Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, and Tajikistan.
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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 October 1, 1955
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1955 The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established. Autonomous region of China
Xinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia. 6 million square kilometers (620,000 sq mi) and has about 25 million inhabitants. Xinjiang borders the countries of Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, and Tajikistan.
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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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