Year 1955

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**1955**
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**Events**

### January

* **January 2**: Panamanian President Colonel Jose Antonio Remon was assassinated during horse racing at the capital's racetrack.
* **January 3**: The royal government of Iraq announced a "break" in diplomatic relations with the USSR.
* **January 7**: The Calderonist invasion took place in Costa Rica.
* **January 13**:
+ Spain became a member of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development).
+ Anastasio Somoza, dictator of Nicaragua, challenged José Figueres Ferrer's government in Costa Rica.
* **January 17**: The first U.S. submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, went to sea.
* **January 18-20**: Units of the People’s Liberation Army of China seized the Kuomintang-held islands during the first crisis in the Taiwan Strait.
* **January 21**: The 60th Annual Session of the Indian National Congress opened (concluded January 23), where a resolution was adopted to build a "socialist society" in India.

### February

* **February 24**: The Baghdad Pact was signed.

### April

* **April 17-24**: The Bandung conference took place.

### May

* **May 14**: The Warsaw Pact was signed.

### July

* **July 18-23**: The first conference of the Four Greats since 1945 opened in Geneva, but ended without concrete results. Disarmament negotiations with the Soviet Union were relaunched.

### Other notable events

* **January 25**: The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued a decree "On the termination of the state of war between the Soviet Union and Germany," formally ending the Great Patriotic War.
* **February 24**: A new agreement was signed in Panama.
* **Continuation of the Algerian war**.

**International relations**

The year 1955 saw significant international events, including the signing of the Baghdad Pact, the Bandung conference, and the Warsaw Pact. The Four Greats held a conference in Geneva, but it ended without concrete results. Disarmament negotiations with the Soviet Union were relaunched.