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- From top to bottom, left to right: the Montgomery bus boycott begins after Rosa Parks’ arrest, sparking nationwide protests for racial equality; the Warsaw Pact is signed, cementing the Eastern Bloc alliance; the Bandung Conference unites Asian and African nations in solidarity and nonalignment; Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California, becoming a cultural landmark; the 1955 Le Mans disaster kills over 80 spectators, the deadliest accident in motorsport; the Lynching of Emmett Till shocks the U.S. and exposes racial violence; the 1955 State of Vietnam referendum makes Ngô Đình Diệm president, escalating the Vietnam War; the Bombing of Plaza de Mayo reflects political unrest in Argentina; and Hurricane Diane causes severe flooding and damage in the United States. (en)
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