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1955
January 17 - The first atomic-powered submarine, the Nautilus, is launched by the U.S. Navy.
January 19 - The first televised Presidential press conference takes place with President Eisenhower.
March 26 - The first U.S. coast-to-coast color television broadcast is shown from New York to California.
July 11 - The U.S. Air Force Academy opens.
July 17 - Disneyland in California is opened.
July 22 - The first U.S. Vice President to preside over a Cabinet meeting is Richard Nixon.
September 24 - President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack in Denver and is hospitalized for three weeks.
October 8 - The aircraft carrier Saratoga is launched a the world's most powerful warship.
October 18 - A new nuclear particle, the antiproton, is discovered by scientists at the University of California.
November 25 - Segregation on trains and buses crossing state lines is banned by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
December 1 - Rosa Parks, an African American, is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a public bus.
December 5 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge to form the AFL-CIO.