1955
 
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  • Winston Churchill resigns (Anthony Eden becomes PM of England)
  • Malenkov resigns (Kruschev & Bulganin joint leaders of USSR)
  • Military coup in Argentina deposes president Juan Peron.
  • Warsaw Pact established among European Communist nations.
  • Communist insurgency in Malaysia
  • Snowy Mountains Scheme produces electricity (commenced in 1949)
  • Jonas Salk's vaccine against polio comes into widespread use
  • First hovercraft
  • Disneyland (California) opened
  • Film star James Dean is killed in a car crash.
  • Scrabble released
  • Leggo introduced
  • First motel in Australia (in Canberra)
  • X-ray machines for shoe fitting banned
  • World's largest bauxite deposit discovered at Weipa, Queensland
  • First Moomba Festival in Melbourne
  • Bikinis permitted on Gold Coast beaches
  • Davy Crockett craze
  • "Paint Your Wagon" & "Pyjama Game" play in Australia

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