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October 26, 1955

On October 26, 1955, after the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance. Steve Camp, Olivia Dahl (died 1962), Donald Pettit would arrive in the same year.

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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 26, 1955

  1. 1955 After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.

    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.

  2. 1955 Ngô Đình Diệm proclaims himself as President of the newly created Republic of Vietnam.

    President of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963

    Ngô Đình Diệm was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam from 1955 until his capture and assassination during the CIA-backed 1963 coup d'état.

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Steve Camp 1955– American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Olivia Dahl (died 1962) 1955– daughter of Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal
Donald Pettit 1955– American engineer and astronaut
Svante Pääbo 1955– Swedish geneticist and Nobel Laureate
Murathan Mungan 1955– Turkish author, poet, and playwright
Mikuláš Dzurinda 1955– Slovak politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia

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