The year was 1955 and there were some big news stories:

1. The USS Nautilus becomes the first operational nuclear powered submarine

2. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is declared safe and effective

3. "The Mickey Mouse Club" debuts on ABC.

4. The Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies sign the Warsaw Pact

5. Rosa Parks, an African-American bus passenger, is arrested after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger

6. "The $64,000 Question" the popular US television game show starts.

7. First Guinness Book of World Records Published.

8. Disneyland opens in California

9. The United States begins its involvement in the Vietnam conflict.

10. The St. Lawrence Seaway opens to Ocean Vessels from Montreal to US ports on the Great Lakes

Life was simpler in 1955 including these prices:

• Yearly Inflation Rate USA 0.28%

• Average Cost of new house $10.950.00

• Average wages per year - $4.130.00

• Minimum Hourly Rate $1.00

• Average Monthly Rent $87.00 per month

• Average Cost of a new car $1,900.00

• Gallon of Gas 23 cents

• Ladies Swim Suits $12.95

• Black and White TV $99.95

(these facts were taken from https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1955.html)