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The following events occurred in August 1955:

August 1, 1955 (Monday)

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August 2, 1955 (Tuesday)

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August 3, 1955 (Wednesday)

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August 4, 1955 (Thursday)

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August 5, 1955 (Friday)

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August 6, 1955 (Saturday)

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August 7, 1955 (Sunday)

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August 8, 1955 (Monday)

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  • Composer Luigi Nono married Nuria, the daughter of another composer, Arnold Schoenberg, in Venice.[7]
  • At Edwards Air Force Base in California, an explosion occurred inside the rocket engine of the X-1A research aircraft while it was being carried under its B-29 mother ship prior to a planned flight by test pilot Joseph A. Walker. Walker climbed out of the X-1A back into the B-29, but pilot Stan Butchart, unable to risk landing the B-29 with the X-1A still attached to its underside, was forced to drop the rocket plane, which exploded in the desert.[8]
  • Died: Grace Hartman, 48, American actress

August 9, 1955 (Tuesday)

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August 10, 1955 (Wednesday)

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August 11, 1955 (Thursday)

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August 12, 1955 (Friday)

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August 13, 1955 (Saturday)

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August 14, 1955 (Sunday)

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August 15, 1955 (Monday)

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August 16, 1955 (Tuesday)

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  • Edward Makula set a new world record glider speed of 67.304 kilometres per hour (41.821 mph) over a triangular course of 200 kilometres (120 mi), the first of seven world records Makula would hold in the course of his career.[19]

August 17, 1955 (Wednesday)

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August 18, 1955 (Thursday)

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August 19, 1955 (Friday)

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  • Hurricane Diane hit the northeastern United States, killing over 200 people and causing over $1.0 billion in damage.

August 20, 1955 (Saturday)

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August 21, 1955 (Sunday)

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August 22, 1955 (Monday)

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August 23, 1955 (Tuesday)

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August 24, 1955 (Wednesday)

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August 25, 1955 (Thursday)

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  • In China, the Sufan movement issued its "Directive on the thorough purge and cleansing of hidden counter-revolutionaries".[25]
  • While on a voyage from Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, to Copenhagen, Denmark, the British cargo ship Argobeam was caught in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. It caught fire and was abandoned by the crew. A few days later it was taken in to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, and would eventually be repaired and returned to service as Parkgate.[26]

August 26, 1955 (Friday)

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  • Satyajit Ray's film Pather Panchali was released in Calcutta, India, receiving a poor initial response but quickly attracting audiences to become a classic of Indian cinema.[27]

August 27, 1955 (Saturday)

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August 28, 1955 (Sunday)

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August 29, 1955 (Monday)

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August 30, 1955 (Tuesday)

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  • U.S. Patrolmen William Hudec and Warren Stainbrook of the Cleveland Division of Police were killed when a train struck the police ambulance they were driving.[34][35] Hudec was the father of actress Majel Leigh Hudec, who would later be better known as Majel Barrett and play multiple roles in the Star Trek franchise.

August 31, 1955 (Wednesday)

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References

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  15. ^ "Twelve Drown When Schooner Capsizes". The Times. No. 53299. London. 15 August 1955. col C, p. 5.
  16. ^ Longshore, David (2008). "Connie, Hurricane". Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones (New ed.). Facts on File, Inc. p. 105. ISBN 9781438118796. Retrieved 22 April 2024 – via Google Books.
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  24. ^ "Interstate Commerce Commision [sic], Report of the Accident Investigation Occuring [sic] on the CINCINNATI, NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS PACIFIC, SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM, SPRING CITY, TENN". Interstate Commerce Commission. August 22, 1955. Retrieved 31 July 2023. - PDF file
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