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page 1Explosions in 1955
1955 Le Mans disaster
deadliest accident in competitive automobile racing history

RDS-37
RDS-37 () was the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb, first tested on 22 November 1955. The weapon had a nominal yield of approximately 3 megatons. It was scaled down to 1.6 megatons for the live test.
United Airlines Flight 629
flight
Operation Wigwam
1955 U.S. nuclear test
Operation Teapot
series of 1950s US nuclear tests
Bombing of Plaza de Mayo
1955 failed military coup and attack of a pro-Perón rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kashmir Princess
Air India bomb explosion
Project 56
series of 1950s American nuclear tests
HMS Sidon
1944 S-class submarine
Desert Rock exercises
series of United States military training exercises conducted alongside nuclear tests
1 April Attacks
series of attacks across Cyprus