Algeria Mar, 1955 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Tuesday Mar 1, 1955 Neil ArmstrongArmstrong made his First Test Flight
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Tuesday Mar 1, 1955 Following his graduation from Purdue, Armstrong became an experimental research test pilot. He applied at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base. NACA had no open positions, and forwarded his application to the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland, where Armstrong made his first test flight on March 1, 1955.
southern United States, Dixie, Dixieland, U.S. Wednesday Mar 2, 1955 Martin Luther KingClaudette Colvin
southern United States, Dixie, Dixieland, U.S. Wednesday Mar 2, 1955 March 1955, Claudette Colvin—a fifteen-year-old black schoolgirl in Montgomery—refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in violation of Jim Crow laws, local laws in the Southern United States that enforced racial segregation. King was on the committee from the Birmingham African-American community that looked into the case; E. D. Nixon and Clifford Durr decided to wait for a better case to pursue because the incident involved a minor.
Washington D.C., U.S. Friday Mar 11, 1955 World BankEconomic Development Institute
Washington D.C., U.S. Friday Mar 11, 1955 The World Bank Institute (WBI) was a "global connector of knowledge, learning and innovation for poverty reduction". It aimed to inspire change agents and prepare them with essential tools that can help achieve development results. WBI had four major strategies to approach development problems: innovation for development, knowledge exchange, leadership and coalition building, and structured learning. World Bank Institute (WBI) was formerly known as Economic Development Institute (EDI), established on 11 March 1955 with the support of the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations.
Glicério, São Paulo, Brazil Monday Mar 21, 1955
