More than 100 journalists waited at Balmoral when Eden arrived to discuss the marriage with the Queen and Margaret
Time: Saturday Oct 1, 1955
Place: Scotland, United Kingdom
Details: More than 100 journalists waited at Balmoral when Eden arrived to discuss the marriage with the Queen and Margaret on 1 October 1955. Lord Kilmuir, the Lord Chancellor, that month prepared a secret government document on the proposed marriage.
‹ Earlier in historySerious heart attackSaturday Sep 24, 1955 Later in history ›Townsend returned from BrusselsWednesday Oct 12, 1955
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Queen and the Duke shielded their grandsons from the ensuing press interest
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Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret was free to marry
Sunday Aug 21, 1955 - Scotland, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Outbreak of World War II in the Balmoral Castle estate
1939 - Scotland, United Kingdom


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Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Birth
Thursday Aug 21, 1930 - Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

Adam Ferguson Birth
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Kurt Hahn founded Gordonstoun School in Scotland
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Alliance of King James with France
Friday Mar 4, 1492 - Scotland

England's fleet against the Spanish Armada
Friday Aug 12, 1588 - Scotland

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Battle of Dunkeld
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Charles I's death
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Francisco Franco-Head of State
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Neil Armstrong-Neil became an Employee of NASA
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October 1955


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Townsend returned from Brussels
Wednesday Oct 12, 1955 - England, United Kingdom


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Wednesday Oct 12, 1955 - England, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-NOW - THE NATION WAITS
Saturday Oct 15, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-NO RING YET!
Monday Oct 17, 1955 - England, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-First time the palace discussed the princess's recent personal life
Oct, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom


Vietnam War-Referendum on the future of the State of Vietnam
Sunday Oct 23, 1955 - Vietnam


Kroger-Kroger acquired the Krambo Food Stores
Oct, 1955 - Appleton, Wisconsin, United States


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-The QUEEN's sister married to a divorced man (even though the innocent party) would be irrevocably disqualified from playing her part in the essential royal function
Wednesday Oct 26, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom


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Friday Oct 28, 1955 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.


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Friday Oct 28, 1955 - England, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Daily Mirror on 28 October discussed The Times's editorial with the headline "THIS CRUEL PLAN MUST BE EXPOSED"
Friday Oct 28, 1955 - England, United Kingdom
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Juan Carlos I-Joining The Army
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Algerian War-The Soustelle Plan
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Margaret Thatcher-The Orpington by-election
Jan, 1955 - England


Neil Armstrong-College Graduation
Jan, 1955 - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.


Fidel Castro-Divorce
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Carlos Slim-Shareholder in Mexico's Largest Bank
1955 - Mexico City, Mexico


World Trade Organization-Geneva Round: 1955–56
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Rosa Parks-Attending the Highlander Folk School
1955 - Monteagle, Tennessee, U.S.


Pam Foreman Testroet-Birth
1955 - U.S.


Marilyn Monroe-Marilyn Monroe Productions Announcement
Friday Jan 7, 1955 - U.S.


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Dwight D. Eisenhower-Operation Teapot
1955 - U.S.


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1955 - Washington D.C., U.S.


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret made the first of many trips to the Caribbean
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Computer-The First Completely Transistorized Computer
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Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower dispatched the first American soldiers to Vietnam as military advisors to Diem's army
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Mamie Till-Emmett traveled to Mississippi
1955 - Chicago, Illinois, United States


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Thursday Feb 24, 1955 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.


Algerian War-Rabah Bitat was arrested by the French
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Neil Armstrong-Armstrong made his First Test Flight
Tuesday Mar 1, 1955 - Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.


Martin Luther King-Claudette Colvin
Wednesday Mar 2, 1955 - southern United States, Dixie, Dixieland, U.S.


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Friday Mar 11, 1955 - Washington D.C., U.S.


Jair Bolsonaro-Birth
Monday Mar 21, 1955 - Glicério, São Paulo, Brazil


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1955 - Messina, Sicily, Italy


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Winston Churchill-Churchill retired as Prime Minister
Tuesday Apr 5, 1955 - England, United Kingdom


James Bond-Moonraker was published
Tuesday Apr 5, 1955 - United Kingdom


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Monday Apr 18, 1955 - New Jersey, United States


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May, 1955 - Bonn, Germany


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Saturday May 14, 1955 - Warsaw, Poland


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Sunday May 15, 1955 - Isla de la Juventud, Cuba


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Saturday May 21, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom


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May, 1955 - Houston, Texas, United States


Mikhail Gorbachev-Graduation
Jun, 1955 - Moscow, Russia


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Sunday Jun 12, 1955 - Cuba


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Sunday Jun 19, 1955 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.


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Neil Armstrong-Neil reported for work at High-Speed Flight Station
Monday Jul 11, 1955 - Edwards Air Force Base, California, U.S.


Walt Disney-The Opening of Disneyland
Sunday Jul 17, 1955 - Disneyland Resort, 1313 Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, California, U.S.


Dwight D. Eisenhower-Open Skies
Monday Jul 18, 1955 - Geneva, Switzerland


Kroger-Kroger purchased Child's Food Stores
Jul, 1955 - Jacksonville, Texas, United States


KFC-Traveling the U.S.
1955 - U.S.


Mikhail Gorbachev-Stavropol Komsomol
Aug, 1955 - Stavropol Krai, Russia


KFC-First in Canada
1955 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret wrote to Prime Minister Anthony Eden
Aug, 1955 - England, United Kingdom


First Sudanese Civil War-Members of The British-administered Sudan Defence Force Equatorial Corps Mutinied
Thursday Aug 18, 1955 - Torit, South Sudan


Algerian War-The massacre of Pieds-Noirs
Saturday Aug 20, 1955 - Skikda, Algeria


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret was free to marry
Sunday Aug 21, 1955 - Scotland, United Kingdom


Mamie Till-Emmett was killed
1955 - Chicago, Illinois, United States


Gary Webb-Webb birth
Wednesday Aug 31, 1955 - Corona, California, U.S.


Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower was recovering from a heart attack late in September 1955
Sep, 1955 - U.S.


Richard Nixon-President Eisenhower suffered a heart attack
Saturday Sep 24, 1955 - White House, Washington D.C., U.S.


Dwight D. Eisenhower-Serious heart attack
Saturday Sep 24, 1955 - Colorado, U.S.


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Townsend returned from Brussels
Wednesday Oct 12, 1955 - England, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret may have told Townsend that governmental and familial opposition to their marriage had not changed
Wednesday Oct 12, 1955 - England, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-NOW - THE NATION WAITS
Saturday Oct 15, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Leslie Hutchinson had a "brief liaison" with Margaret
1955 - England, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-NO RING YET!
Monday Oct 17, 1955 - England, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-First time the palace discussed the princess's recent personal life
Oct, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom


Vietnam War-Referendum on the future of the State of Vietnam
Sunday Oct 23, 1955 - Vietnam


Kroger-Kroger began acquiring supermarket chains
1955 - Cincinnati, Ohio, United States


Kroger-Kroger acquired the Krambo Food Stores
Oct, 1955 - Appleton, Wisconsin, United States


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-The QUEEN's sister married to a divorced man (even though the innocent party) would be irrevocably disqualified from playing her part in the essential royal function
Wednesday Oct 26, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom


Bill Gates-Birth
Friday Oct 28, 1955 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret would announce that she would marry Townsend and leave the line of succession
Friday Oct 28, 1955 - England, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Daily Mirror on 28 October discussed The Times's editorial with the headline "THIS CRUEL PLAN MUST BE EXPOSED"
Friday Oct 28, 1955 - England, United Kingdom


Dwight D. Eisenhower-RDS-37
Nov, 1955 - Semipalatinsk Test Site, U.S.S.R. (Present-Day in Kazakhstan)


Rosa Parks-Rosa Parks attended a mass meeting at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Sunday Nov 27, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.


Martin Luther King-Rosa Parks
Thursday Dec 1, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.


Rosa Parks-Parks was Arrested
Thursday Dec 1, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.


Rosa Parks-The 2nd bus Incident
Thursday Dec 1, 1955 at 06:00:00 PM - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.


Rosa Parks-The Montgomery Bus boycott
Sunday Dec 4, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.


Rosa Parks-Parks was tried on charges of disorderly conduct and violating a local ordinance
Monday Dec 5, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.


Rosa Parks-Discussing actions to respond to Parks' arrest
Monday Dec 5, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.


Rosa Parks-Discussing The boycott Strategies
Monday Dec 5, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.


Francisco Franco-Admitted to the United Nations
Wednesday Dec 14, 1955 - Spain

Russell Bufalino-Frank Sheeran
1955 - U.S.


Nintendo-Hiroshi Yamauchi
1955 - Kyoto, Japan
