Timeline July 1955

Events in July 1955 7

• 1955 Chuck Berry releases Maybellene First hit A country fiddle tune turned rock and roll, his first hit.
• 1955 Wimbledon 1955 Men: Tony Trabert · Women: Louise Brough
• 1955 – 2023 Li Keqiang (1955-2023) Died 27 October 2023, aged 68 Chinese politician who served as premier from 2013 to 2023, the country's second-ranking leader for a decade.
• 1955 – 2026 Lindsey Graham (1955-2026) Died 11 July 2026, aged 71 American Republican senator for South Carolina from 2003 until his death, a leading Senate voice on defence and foreign affairs.
• 1955 Ruth Ellis executed Last woman hanged in the United Kingdom Ruth Ellis was hanged at Holloway Prison for the murder of her lover, David Blakely, becoming the last woman executed in the United Kingdom. Her case fueled public debate over capital punishment and contributed to its eventual abolition in Britain. The abolition of the death penalty for murder followed a decade later.
• 1955 Miles Davis' comeback at Newport 'Round Midnight A comeback set that wins him a Columbia contract.
• 1955 Geneva Summit First Cold War summit between US, Soviet, British and French leaders Leaders of the United States, Soviet Union, Britain and France met in Geneva for the first major East-West summit since the start of the Cold War. Eisenhower and Khrushchev discussed German reunification and disarmament without reaching binding agreements. The meeting briefly eased tensions in what became known as the "Spirit of Geneva."