1955
ID: 1695
Pope Pius XII reforms Holy Week liturgy
ID: 1695
1955
ID: 1696
Final French releases of remaining war criminals from occupation period
ID: 1696
1955
ID: 1697
West Germany joins NATO, ending occupation status
ID: 1697
1955
ID: 1699
Albert Vassart reveals 1936 Moscow order for Communist Youth to enter seminaries
ID: 1699
1955
ID: 1700
Jonas Salk's polio vaccine introduced (Firstenberg notes correlation with electrical expansion)
ID: 1700
1955
ID: 1701
Jean-Pierre Serre develops systematic sheaf theory in algebraic geometry
ID: 1701
1955
ID: 1702
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) first produced commercially using Ziegler catalysts
ID: 1702
1955
ID: 1703
Cutter disaster: 220,000+ infected with live virus from vaccine - 164 severely paralyzed, 10 killed
ID: 1703
1955
ID: 1704
Massachusetts: Zero measles deaths when vaccine licensed
ID: 1704
1955
ID: 1705
Licensing scandal: Vaccine approved in 2 hours without committee reading full research report
ID: 1705
1955
ID: 4304
Bell Labs completes TRADIC - first fully transistorized computer for Air Force
ID: 4304
1955
ID: 1698
January 15, 1955
January 15, 1955: Blessed Solanus Casey warns of 'red communism' infiltrating convents and monasteries
ID: 1698
1955
ID: 4263
June 1955
Remington Rand merges with Sperry Corporation to form Sperry Rand Corporation - creates major electronics and computer conglomerate
ID: 4263