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| 1955 |
| | | Konrad Adenauer negotiates the release of the last 10,000 German prisoners of war held in the USSR | |
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| 1955 |
| | | James Dean is type-cast as the young lead in Rebel without a Cause | |
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| 1955 |
| | | English poet Philip Larkin finds his distinctive voice in his collection The Less Deceived | |
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| 1955 |
| | | British dancer Joan Benesh and her husband Rudolf develop the Benesh system of dance notation | |
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| c. 1955 |
| | | Archaeologists at Olympia excavate the workshop of the Greek classical sculptor Phidias | |
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| 1955 |
| | | Indian director Satyajit Ray makes his first film, Pather Panchali | |
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| 1955 |
| | | The first accurate caesium clock is developed at the National Physical Laboratory | |
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| 1955 |
| | | A military uprising in Argentina forces Perón to resign and go into exile | |
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| 1955 |
| | | With US backing, South Vietnam declares itself an independent republic | |
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| 1955 |
| | | Arthur Miller's play A View from the Bridge is performed in New York | |
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