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September 20, 1955

On September 20, 1955, the Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed. 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 September 20, 1955

  1. 1955 The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.

    Agreement to station Soviet Army troops in East Germany

    The Treaty on Relations Between the USSR and GDR was a treaty between the Soviet Union and German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany, signed on 20 September 1955. The treaty became the legal basis for the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, and its successor, the Western Group of Forces to maintain its presence in Germany following the end of the Soviet occupation.

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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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