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  • Stavropol Krai, Russia
    Aug, 1955
    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Stavropol Komsomol

    Stavropol Krai, Russia
    Aug, 1955

    In August 1955, Gorbachev started work at the Stavropol regional procurator's office, but disliked the job and used his contacts to get a transfer to work for Komsomol, becoming deputy director of Komsomol's agitation and propaganda department for that region.




  • England, United Kingdom
    Aug, 1955
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Margaret wrote to Prime Minister Anthony Eden

    England, United Kingdom
    Aug, 1955

    Why a betrothal did not occur is unclear. Margaret may have been uncertain of her desire, has written to Prime Minister Anthony Eden in August that "It is only by seeing him in this way that I feel I can properly decide whether I can marry him or not".




  • Torit, South Sudan
    Thursday Aug 18, 1955
    First Sudanese Civil War

    Members of The British-administered Sudan Defence Force Equatorial Corps Mutinied

    Torit, South Sudan
    Thursday Aug 18, 1955

    On 18 August 1955, members of the British-administered Sudan Defence Force Equatorial Corps mutinied in Torit, and in the following days in Juba, Yei, and Maridi.




  • Skikda, Algeria
    Saturday Aug 20, 1955
    Algerian War

    The massacre of Pieds-Noirs

    Skikda, Algeria
    Saturday Aug 20, 1955

    The FLN adopted tactics similar to those of nationalist groups in Asia, and the French did not realize the seriousness of the challenge they faced until 1955, when the FLN moved into urbanized areas. "An important watershed in the War of Independence was the massacre of Pieds-Noirs civilians by the FLN near the town of Philippeville (now known as Skikda) in August 1955. Before this operation, FLN policy was to attack only military and government-related targets. The commander of the Constantine wilaya/region, however, decided a drastic escalation was needed. The killing by the FLN and its supporters of 123 people, including 71 French,S including old women and babies, shocked Jacques Soustelle into calling for more repressive measures against the rebels.




  • Scotland, United Kingdom
    Sunday Aug 21, 1955
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Margaret was free to marry

    Scotland, United Kingdom
    Sunday Aug 21, 1955

    The press described Margaret's 25th birthday, 21 August 1955, as the day she was free to marry, and expected an announcement about Townsend soon. Three hundred journalists waited outside Balmoral, four times as many as those later following Diana, Princess of Wales. "COME ON MARGARET!", the Daily Mirror's front page said two days earlier, asking her to "please make up your mind!".




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

    Webb birth

    Corona, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 31, 1955

    Webb was born in Corona, California. His father was a Marine sergeant, and the family moved frequently, as his career took him to new assignments.




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