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July 1955
The following events occurred in July 1955: July 1, 1955 (Friday) *South Vietnams air force, the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, is established. *East Germany appoints the initial management committee for its new national airline, which it names Deutsche Lufthansa (East Germany), Deutsche Lufthansa (abbreviated DLH) after the defunct pre-1945 German airline Deutsche Luft Hansa, even though the West Germany, West German airline Luftag had bought the rights to that name in 1954 in aviation#August 1954, August 1954 and named itself Lufthansa. *The UK's first atomic bomber unit, No. 138 Squadron RAF, is formed, flying Vickers Valiants from RAF Gaydon in Warwickshire. *The final of the 1955 Egypt Cup Final, 1955 Egypt Cup football tournament is won by Zamalek SC. *The Imperial Bank of India is renamed the State Bank of India. *Born: **Nikolai Demidenko, classical pianist, in Anisimovo, Russian SSR **Li Keqiang, Premier of the People's Republic of China, in Hefei **Lisa Scottoline, Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 1
Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the Ostrogoth king, Totila, is mortally wounded. *1097 – Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by sultan Kilij Arslan I. * 1431 – The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of the Kingdom of Castile during the Reconquista. * 1520 – Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés fight their way out of Tenochtitlan after nightfall. * 1523 – Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels. * 1569 – Union of Lublin: The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union; the united country is called the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |