Timeline Sunday 15 May 1955

Events on Sunday 15 May 1955 2

• 1955 Austrian State Treaty Restoration of Independence Re-established Austria as a free, sovereign, and neutral state after ten years of Allied occupation.
• 1955 Austrian State Treaty signed Allied occupation ends and Austria regains independence The Austrian State Treaty, signed by the Soviet Union, United States, Britain and France, ended the decade-long Allied occupation of Austria. Austria regained full sovereignty in exchange for declaring permanent neutrality. The treaty is regarded as a foundation of modern Austrian statehood.