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| | |  1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - Royal Observer Corps - Cold WarIn September 1947, over a year after VE Day, the ROC held its first small scale exercise in southern England, which included for the first time substantial numbers of jet aircraft. Another year later the first large scale exercise took place; in the last two of its four days of this radar only was used. By the mid-1950s the greater speed of aircraft and the improved performance of radar lead to a reduced need by the RAF for the ROC's services in tracking aircraft; another rôle in defence against nuclear weapons was announced in June 1955. T ...
See also:Royal Observer Corps, Royal Observer Corps - World War I, Royal Observer Corps - Afterwards, Royal Observer Corps - World War II, Royal Observer Corps - Preparation, Royal Observer Corps - War, Royal Observer Corps - Methodology, Royal Observer Corps - Cold War, Royal Observer Corps - Instrumentation, Royal Observer Corps - Main Source Read more here: » Royal Observer Corps: Encyclopedia II - Royal Observer Corps - Cold War |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - June 7 - Births
June 7 - 1529 to 1899.
1529 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters (d. 1615)
1761 - John Rennie, Scottish engineer (d. 1821)
1778 - Beau Brummell, English fashion leader (d. 1840)
1811 - James Young Simpson, British obstetrician (d. 1870)
1831 - Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (d. 1892)
1845 - Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1930)
1848 - Paul Gauguin, French painter (d. 1903)
1862 - Philipp Lenar ...
See also:June 7, June 7 - Events, June 7 - Births, June 7 - 1529 to 1899, June 7 - 1900 to 1999, June 7 - Deaths, June 7 - 1329 to 1899, June 7 - 1900 to 1999, June 7 - 2000 onwards, June 7 - Holidays and observances Read more here: » June 7: Encyclopedia II - June 7 - Births |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - June 5 - Deaths
June 5 - 535 to 1899.
535 - Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
1017 - Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (b. 976)
1118 - Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester
1296 - Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245)
1316 - King Louis X of France (b. 1289)
1383 - Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
1568 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (b. 1522)
1625 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer ...
See also:June 5, June 5 - Events, June 5 - Births, June 5 - 1341 to 1899, June 5 - 1900 to 1999, June 5 - Deaths, June 5 - 535 to 1899, June 5 - 1900 to 1999, June 5 - 2000 onwards, June 5 - Holidays and observances Read more here: » June 5: Encyclopedia II - June 5 - Deaths |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - Nelson Mandela - Arrest and imprisonment In 1961, he became the leader of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (translated as Spear of the Nation, also abbreviated MK), which he co-founded. He co-ordinated a sabotage campaign against military and government targets, and made plans for a possible guerrilla war if sabotage failed to end apartheid. A few decades later, MK did indeed wage a guerrilla war against the regime, especially during the 1980s. Mandela also raised funds for MK abroad, and arranged for pa ...
See also:Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela - Early life, Nelson Mandela - Political activity, Nelson Mandela - Arrest and imprisonment, Nelson Mandela - ANC presidency and presidency of South Africa, Nelson Mandela - International diplomacy, Nelson Mandela - Marriages, Nelson Mandela - Retirement, Nelson Mandela - Orders and decorations, Nelson Mandela - Trivia Read more here: » Nelson Mandela: Encyclopedia II - Nelson Mandela - Arrest and imprisonment |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Stalingrad - Soviet Victory Hitler promoted Paulus to Generalfeldmarschall on January 30, 1943. Since no German field marshal had ever been taken prisoner, Hitler assumed that Paulus would fight on or take his own life. Nevertheless, when Soviet forces closed in on Paulus' headquarters in the ruined GUM department store, Paulus surrendered. The remnants of the German forces in Stalingrad surrendered on February 2, 1943; 91,000 tired, ill and starving Germans were taken captive. To the delight of the Soviet forces and the dismay of the Reich, the prisoners includ ...
See also:Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Stalingrad - Background, Battle of Stalingrad - Operation Blau, Battle of Stalingrad - The Battle Opens, Battle of Stalingrad - The Battle in the City, Battle of Stalingrad - The Soviet Counter-attack, Battle of Stalingrad - Soviet Victory, Battle of Stalingrad - Dramatization Read more here: » Battle of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Stalingrad - Soviet Victory |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - Tank landing ship - Production LST 2 In three separate acts dated 6 February 1942, 26 May 1943, and 17 December 1943, Congress provided the authority for the construction of LSTs along with a host of other auxiliaries, destroyer escorts, and assorted landing craft. The enormous building program quickly gathered momentum. Such a high priority was assigned to the construction of LSTs that the keel of an aircraft carrier, previously laid in the dock, was hastily removed to make place for several LSTs to be built in her stead. The keel of the first LST was laid down on 10 June 1942 ...
See also:Tank landing ship, Tank landing ship - Introduction, Tank landing ship - Production LST 2, Tank landing ship - Design and Production LST 3, Tank landing ship - Service in World War II, Tank landing ship - Post war developments, Tank landing ship - Modern developments, Tank landing ship - Specifications Read more here: » Tank landing ship: Encyclopedia II - Tank landing ship - Production LST 2 |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - Geography of India - Bodies of water Major gulfs include the Gulf of Cambay, Gulf of Kutch and the Gulf of Mannar. Straits include the Palk Strait which separates India from Sri Lanka and the Ten Degree Channel, separating the Andamans from the Nicobar Islands. Important capes include the Cape Comorin, the southern tip of mainland India, Indira Point, the southernmost location of India, Rama's Bridge and Point Calimere.
Smaller seas include the Laccadive Sea and the Andaman Sea. There are four coral reefs in India and are located in; the Andaman and Nicobar I ...
See also:Geography of India, Geography of India - Location and extent, Geography of India - Political geography, Geography of India - Geographical regions, Geography of India - Mountains, Geography of India - Indo-Gangetic plain, Geography of India - Thar Desert, Geography of India - Highlands, Geography of India - East coast, Geography of India - West coast, Geography of India - Islands, Geography of India - Rivers, Geography of India - Bodies of water, Geography of India - Wetlands, Geography of India - The Sundarbans, Geography of India - Rann of Kutch, Geography of India - Climate, Geography of India - Geology, Geography of India - Natural disasters, Geography of India - Natural resources, Geography of India - International agreements, Geography of India - Notes Read more here: » Geography of India: Encyclopedia II - Geography of India - Bodies of water |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - Imperial Household of Japan - Current members of the imperial family The 1947 Imperial Household Law defines the imperial household as: the empress (kōgō 皇后), the empress dowager (kōtaigō 皇太后), the grand empress dowager (tai-kōtaigō 太皇太后), the crown prince (kōtaishi 皇太子) and his consort, the imperial grandson who is heir apparent (kōtaison 皇太孫) and his consort, the shinnō (親王) and their consorts, the naishinnō (内親王), the ō (王) and their consorts, and the nyoō (女王). The legitimate children a ...
See also:Imperial Household of Japan, Imperial Household of Japan - Current members of the imperial family, Imperial Household of Japan - Living former members of the imperial family, Imperial Household of Japan - Succession, Imperial Household of Japan - Current order of succession, Imperial Household of Japan - Possible succession solutions, Imperial Household of Japan - History of titles, Imperial Household of Japan - Related terms, Imperial Household of Japan - Shinnōke, Imperial Household of Japan - Ōke Read more here: » Imperial Household of Japan: Encyclopedia II - Imperial Household of Japan - Current members of the imperial family |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - Joan Crawford - Adopted children Joan adopted six children, according to L.A. Times articles from the time, though she kept only four.
The first was Christina (born June 11, 1939), whom Crawford adopted in 1940 while she was single. The second was Christopher (born April 1941), whom Joan adopted in June of that year. In 1942, Christopher's biological mother found out where he was and managed to get him back. The third child was an 8-year-old named Phillip Terry, Jr. (born 1935), whom Joan and then husband Phillip Terry adopted in April 1943, but did not keep. The fou ...
See also:Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford - Early life, Joan Crawford - Career, Joan Crawford - Marriages, Joan Crawford - Adopted children, Joan Crawford - Religion, Joan Crawford - Work at Pepsi, Joan Crawford - Final Years, Joan Crawford - Legacy, Joan Crawford - In pop culture, Joan Crawford - Filmography Read more here: » Joan Crawford: Encyclopedia II - Joan Crawford - Adopted children |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - Joan Crawford - Marriages In 1929 at the time she wed her first husband, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Crawford bought a mansion at 426 North Bristol Avenue in Brentwood, midway between Beverly Hills and the Pacific Ocean, which was her primary dwelling for the next 26 years. Over the years she had her home decorated and redecorated by William Haines, her former silent movie co-star and lifelong friend, who was much in demand as an interior designer ...
See also:Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford - Early life, Joan Crawford - Career, Joan Crawford - Marriages, Joan Crawford - Adopted children, Joan Crawford - Religion, Joan Crawford - Work at Pepsi, Joan Crawford - Final Years, Joan Crawford - Legacy, Joan Crawford - In pop culture, Joan Crawford - Filmography Read more here: » Joan Crawford: Encyclopedia II - Joan Crawford - Marriages |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - Battleship - World War I A naval arms race had been ongoing between Germany and the United Kingdom since the 1890s. The building of Dreadnought actually helped Germany in this, as instead of having a lead of 15 or so ships of the latest type, Britain now had a lead of just one. Furthermore, Britain's policy of maintaining a navy larger than the world's second and third largest navies combined was becoming unsustainably expensive. All other battleship navies switched over in the next few years t ...
See also:Battleship, Battleship - Early battleships, Battleship - Industrial Age, Battleship - Explosive-shell naval guns, Battleship - Ironclads, Battleship - Turrets and rifled guns, Battleship - Brown powder, Battleship - Design experiments, Battleship - All-big-guns, Battleship - The Dreadnought era, Battleship - The super dreadnought, Battleship - World War I, Battleship - World War II, Battleship - Post World War II, Battleship - Fictional appearances Read more here: » Battleship: Encyclopedia II - Battleship - World War I |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - Red Scare - The Red Summer A series of bombings in June of 1919 sparked the FBI to more aggressive actions. The mayor of Seattle received a homemade bomb in the mail on April 28, which was defused. Senator Thomas W. Hardwick received a bomb the next day, which blew off the hands of his servant who had discovered it, severely burning him and his wife. The following morning, a New York City postal worker discovered sixteen similar packages addressed to well-known people of the time, including oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller. There were 38 bombs in all, sent to prominent ...
See also:Red Scare, Red Scare - Origins, Red Scare - The Red Summer, Red Scare - Reactions, Red Scare - The Second Red Scare, Red Scare - Causes, Red Scare - Reactions, Red Scare - Contemporary accounts 1919 - 1924, Red Scare - Contemporary accounts 1945 - 1955, Red Scare - Secondary resources Read more here: » Red Scare: Encyclopedia II - Red Scare - The Red Summer |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - 1949 in baseball - Champions
1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball.
World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1)
All-Star Game, July 12 at Ebbets Field: American League, 11-7
1949 in baseball - Other champions.
First Caribbean World Series: Almendares (Cuba)
College World Series: Texas
Little League World Series: Hammonton, New Jersey
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See also:1949 in baseball, 1949 in baseball - Champions, 1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball, 1949 in baseball - Other champions, 1949 in baseball - Awards and honors, 1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings, 1949 in baseball - Events, 1949 in baseball - January-March, 1949 in baseball - April, 1949 in baseball - May, 1949 in baseball - June, 1949 in baseball - July, 1949 in baseball - August, 1949 in baseball - September, 1949 in baseball - October, 1949 in baseball - November, 1949 in baseball - December, 1949 in baseball - Births, 1949 in baseball - January-June, 1949 in baseball - July-December, 1949 in baseball - Deaths Read more here: » 1949 in baseball: Encyclopedia II - 1949 in baseball - Champions |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - USS Barry DD-933 - 1956 – 1959 Barry fitted out at the Boston Naval Shipyard through November, testing her new electronics, ASW gear and gunnery systems into December. After a brief underway period in Narragansett Bay, she departed 3 January 1957 for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to continue her shakedown. Her training exercises were interspersed with port visits to Kingston, Jamaica; Cuelebra, Puerto Rico, and Santa Marta, Colombia, before she departed for Colon, Panama.
The destroyer transited the Canal Zone on 26 February and anchored at Salinas, Ecuador, two days later ...
See also:USS Barry DD-933, USS Barry DD-933 - 1956 – 1959, USS Barry DD-933 - 1960 – 1962, USS Barry DD-933 - Cuban Missile Crisis, USS Barry DD-933 - 1962 – 1965, USS Barry DD-933 - Vietnam War, USS Barry DD-933 - 1966 – 1970, USS Barry DD-933 - 1970 – 1976, USS Barry DD-933 - 1977 – 1979, USS Barry DD-933 - 1980 – 1982, USS Barry DD-933 - Present Read more here: » USS Barry DD-933: Encyclopedia II - USS Barry DD-933 - 1956 – 1959 |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - 1977 in baseball - Champions
1977 in baseball - Major League Baseball.
World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2); Reggie Jackson, MVP
American League Championship Series: New York Yankees (East) over Kansas City Royals (West) (3-2)
National League Championship Series: Los Angeles Dodgers (West) over Philadelphia Phillies (East) (3-1); Dusty Baker, MVP
All-Star Game, July 19 at Yankee Stadium ...
See also:1977 in baseball, 1977 in baseball - Champions, 1977 in baseball - Major League Baseball, 1977 in baseball - Other champions, 1977 in baseball - Awards and honors, 1977 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings, 1977 in baseball - American League final standings, 1977 in baseball - National League final standings, 1977 in baseball - Events, 1977 in baseball - January-March, 1977 in baseball - April-June, 1977 in baseball - July-September, 1977 in baseball - October-December, 1977 in baseball - Births, 1977 in baseball - Deaths Read more here: » 1977 in baseball: Encyclopedia II - 1977 in baseball - Champions |
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| | | | 1955 - June: Encyclopedia II - 1875 - Events
1875 - January - April.
January 12 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
February 27 - Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California resigns, having been elected Senator. Lieutenant Governor of California Romualdo Pacheco becomes acting Governor. He is later replaced by elected governor William Irwin.
March 3 - The first performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris
March 3 - The first organized indoor game of ice hockey was played between two pick-up teams at the Victoria S ...
See also:1875, 1875 - Events, 1875 - January - April, 1875 - May - August, 1875 - September - December, 1875 - Unknown date, 1875 - Births, 1875 - January, 1875 - February, 1875 - March, 1875 - April, 1875 - May, 1875 - June, 1875 - July, 1875 - August, 1875 - September, 1875 - October, 1875 - December, 1875 - Deaths Read more here: » 1875: Encyclopedia II - 1875 - Events |
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