Happened as dated, per the source[1]: "Disneyland opens | July 17, 1955."
Walt Disney's $17 million theme park, built on former orange groves in Anaheim after a chaotic construction rush, opened to press and invited guests as Disneyland.
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Les Galeries, Avenue du Général-Eisenhower, Quartier des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8e Arrondissement, Paris, Île-de-France, France métropolitaine, 75008, France
Citroën
Wikipedia[1][2][3]: "the DS 19 was introduced on 6 October 1955, at the Paris Motor Show"; the BBC's[4] 50th-anniversary report confirms the car went on display at the Paris car show in 1955 with 12,000 orders on day one.
The Citroën DS 19 was introduced at the Paris Motor Show on 6 October 1955; 743 orders came in the first 15 minutes, 12,000 on the first day and 80,000 deposits over the ten-day show.
The Motley Fool[4] says Ford "first went public on Jan. 17, 1956" and Benzinga's "This Day In Market History" (17 January 2018) marks the 62nd anniversary of the offering on that day.
On 17 January 1956 Ford sold 10.2 million shares at US$64.50 in an offering run by Goldman Sachs, with the Ford Foundation as the only seller, ending 53 years as a privately held company.
Opened on April 7, 1956, per ricavida.pt. Restaurant information verified October 9, 2026.[1]
A Lisbon seafood institution known for shellfish and a casual, busy dining room.
Suez Canal Authority, شارع الجمهوريه, الدائرة الجمركية, سيريا, بورسعيد, 42529, مصر
Suez Canal Authority
The US State[1][2] Department's Office of the Historian, its FRUS volume, the National Army Museum and Wikipedia[3] all give 26 July 1956; the Suez Canal[4] Authority also names the nationalisation as a turning point.
On 26 July 1956 Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company in a broadcast from Alexandria, while Egyptian officials took over its offices. Britain and France were outraged, setting up the Suez Crisis.
Suez Canal Authority, شارع الجمهوريه, الدائرة الجمركية, سيريا, بورسعيد, 42529, مصرSuez Canal Authority
The Office of the Historian, the National Army Museum and Wikipedia[3][4][5] (Operation Kadesh) agree that Israel attacked on 29 October 1956; Kadesh adds that air attacks began at about 3 pm.
Israeli forces attacked across the Sinai Peninsula on 29 October 1956 as part of a secret plan with Britain and France to retake the Suez Canal. British and French landings followed within days, then a UN-backed ceasefire and withdrawal under US pressure.
Renton Municipal Airport, West Perimeter Road, Renton, King County, Washington, 98057, United States
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Boeing's own 50th-anniversary release says "Friday, Dec. 20, 1957"; This Day in Aviation[2] and Wikipedia[3] give the same date for the first flight of the first production 707-120.
The first production Boeing 707-120 took off from Renton Municipal Airport on 20 December 1957, flew for seven minutes before weather forced a landing at Boeing Field, and flew again for 71 minutes later that day.
Long Beach Airport, Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, 90846, United StatesDouglas Aircraft Company
This Day in Aviation[1]: the crew were "scheduled to take off from Long Beach Airport ... at 10:00 a.m." and, after a ten minute fog delay, "Taking off at 10:10 a.m." on 30 May 1958 (PDT, UTC-7).
Douglas test pilot Arnold Heimerdinger flew the first DC-8 jetliner, N8008D, from Long Beach on 30 May 1958 to Edwards Air Force Base, a flight of about two hours before a crowd estimated at 50,000.
The Computer History[2][3] Museum's 'This Day in History' entry for September 12 records Kilby's successful test at Texas Instruments in 1958; TI's blog and ETHW[4] confirm the 1958 demonstration (ETHW gives only 'September 1958').
On 12 September 1958 Texas Instruments engineer Jack Kilby successfully tested the first working integrated circuit, a phase-shift oscillator on a sliver of germanium with its components linked by wires.
Din Tai Fung, 19, Songgao Road, Xicun Village, Xinyi District, Xingya, Taipei, 110, Taiwan
Din Tai Fung
The article gives the founding year only - 1958 - so the pin takes that year's last day.[1]
Yang Bing-yi founded Din Tai Fung in Taipei in 1958, first as a cooking-oil retailer and then as a dumpling house when the oil business failed. Its xiaolongbao, pleated to a standard count of folds, turned a single shop on Xinyi Road into a chain across Asia and the United States.
San Diego International Airport, Bayshore Bikeway, San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92147, United StatesConvair
This Day in Aviation[1] (quoting a 1959 UPI report), Airways and Wikipedia[2] all give 27 January 1959; This Day in Aviation places it at Lindbergh Field, San Diego.
The first Convair 880, a four-jet airliner built with Howard Hughes and TWA, took off from Lindbergh Field in San Diego on 27 January 1959 on a flight scheduled for about two hours.
Roy E. Disney - Feature Animation Building, Riverside Drive, Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, 91521, United States
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Wikipedia's[2][3] article for the film and its list of Walt Disney Animation Studios films give the US release as 29 January 1959. The Numbers[4] lists domestic release(s): January 29th, 1959 (Wide) by Walt Disney March 21st, 1986 (Limited) by Walt Disney.
Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. It reached US theaters on 29 January 1959.
The Beverly Hilton, Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, 90067, United States
Recording Academy
Grammy.com[1][2]'s history piece says 'On May 4, 1959, a black-tie dinner and awards presentation was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles'; no start time is given, so the pin is the all-day date.
The first Grammy Awards were held on 4 May 1959 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, with a simultaneous event in New York; Domenico Modugno's "Volare" won Record and Song of the Year and Henry Mancini's The Music From Peter Gunn won Album of the Year.
Wikipedia's[3] H. J. Heinz, Wigan article dates the Kitt Green factory's opening to 21 May 1959.
H.J. Heinz opens its Kitt Green factory near Wigan, which grows into the company's largest food processing plant in the world and Europe's biggest.
The Beverly Hilton, Merv Griffin Way, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, 90067, United StatesRecording Academy
Wikipedia[2][3][4]: "The 2nd Annual Grammy[1][5] Awards were held on November 29, 1959, at Los Angeles and New York"; its NBC Sunday Showcase article adds "On November 29, 1959, Sunday Showcase presented The 2nd Annual Grammy Awards". No start time is given, so the pin is the all-day date.
At the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards on 29 November 1959, the first Grammys to be televised and the second held that year, Bobby Darin won Record of the Year and Best New Artist for "Mack the Knife", while Frank Sinatra's Come Dance with Me took Album of the Year and Jimmy Driftwood's "The Battle of New Orleans" won Song of the Year.
Barrage de Malpasset, Piste d'Ambon, Fréjus, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France métropolitaine, 83603, FranceDépartement du Var
Wikipedia[1][3], the Fréjus Tourist Office and the European Rivers Network all date the collapse to 2 December 1959; the tourist office gives 21:13 as the time of failure.
The thin arch Malpasset Dam on the Reyran River collapsed on the night of 2 December 1959 after weeks of rain, flooding Fréjus on the French Riviera and killing 423 people.
Estimated: White Rabbit milk candy first reached the market under that brand in 1959. Its predecessor dates to 1943; that is not the White Rabbit brand launch. The exact day and current retail pack date are not established. Timeline uses the last day of the sourced year/month window, not a claimed exact launch day.[1]
Sweet and creamy, with a soft, chewy texture. This row covers the original milk candy in the bundle.
Offshore Valdivia, Los Rios, Chile
The USGS[2][3] catalogue gives 1960-05-22T19:11:20Z as the origin time of event official19600522191120_30; the source[1] states "19:11:14 UTC, 15:11:14 local time", six seconds earlier, and the catalogue value is used here.
A magnitude 9.5 megathrust rupture off southern Chile shook for ten minutes — the strongest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded. Its tsunami crossed the Pacific and struck Hilo, Hawaii, with waves 10.7 m high.
52 Myeongdong 2-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
Taste Korean Food[1] headline and text say "since 1960". Single source, year-only, so estimated.
Myeongdong chicken shop credited with introducing Korea to electric rotisserie whole chicken (tongdak) in 1960, also serving samgyetang.
Wikipedia[3], the Henry Ford museum and Guinness World Records[2] all date the first Unimate installation to 1961, but none give a specific month or day.
In 1961 General Motors installed the Unimate, the world's first industrial robot, at its New Jersey factory to lift and stack hot die-cast metal parts. Industry 4.0 opens its history of factory automation with this machine.
Roy E. Disney - Feature Animation Building, Riverside Drive, Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, 91521, United StatesWalt Disney Animation Studios
Wikipedia's[2][3] article for the film and its list of Walt Disney Animation Studios films give the US release as 25 January 1961.
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (also known as 101 Dalmatians) is a 1961 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions with distribution by Buena Vista Distribution. It reached US theaters on 25 January 1961.
Hagerty[1]: the E-Type "was revealed to the media on the 15 March, 1961"; Wikipedia[2][3] gives its debut as 15 March 1961 and lists the E-Type among the introductions at the 1961 Geneva show.
Jaguar revealed the E-Type at the Geneva Motor Show on 15 March 1961; a coupe driven flat out from Coventry and a roadster rushed overnight the next day helped it take more than 500 orders at a show where Jaguar had planned only 250 cars.
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The Beverly Hilton, Merv Griffin Way, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, 90067, United StatesRecording Academy
Wikipedia's[2][4] article text: "The 3rd Annual Grammy[1][5][6] Awards were held on April 12, 1961, at Los Angeles and New York"; awardsandshows.com[3]: "held on 12th April 1961, at Beverly Hilton Hotel". Wikipedia's infobox gives April 13, so sources disagree by a day. No start time is given.
At the 3rd Annual Grammy Awards on 12 April 1961, held as dinners including one at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, comedian Bob Newhart won Album of the Year and Best New Artist, Percy Faith's "Theme from A Summer Place" won Record of the Year and Ray Charles took four awards.
Opened in 1961 (year only, so estimated at year end), per guide.michelin.com. Restaurant information verified October 9, 2026.[1]
A family-run trattoria near the Pantheon devoted to Roman classics.
Target's[1] 60th-anniversary article says "On May 1, 1962" guests lined up for the Roseville opening; KSTP[3] and Wikipedia's[2] History of Target Corporation give the same date.
On 1 May 1962 the Dayton Company opened the first Target discount store, a 68,800-square-foot, one-floor store at 1515 County Road B in Roseville, Minnesota.
The Beverly Hilton, Merv Griffin Way, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, 90067, United StatesRecording Academy
Wikipedia[2][4]: "The 4th Annual Grammy[1][6] Awards were held on May 29, 1962, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York"; Billboard's[3] Garland timeline: "May 29, 1962: Grammy Awards ... Became the first woman to win a Grammy for album of the year". No start time is given, so the pin is the all-day date.
At the 4th Annual Grammy Awards on 29 May 1962, Henry Mancini's "Moon River" won Record and Song of the Year and five awards for Mancini in all, Judy Garland became the first woman to win Album of the Year for Judy at Carnegie Hall, and Peter Nero won Best New Artist.
The company and its own museum both date the first Wal-Mart Discount City to 2 July 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas.[1]
Sam Walton opened Wal-Mart Discount City on Rogers' Highway 71, his first store under the name after a decade running Ben Franklin variety stores. The format was the bet: lower margins on everything, in towns the big chains had written off as too small.
Lancaster House, Stable Yard, St James's, City of Westminster, London, SW1A, United KingdomBritish Aircraft Corporation
The treaty text ends "Done in duplicate at London, this 29th day of November 1962"; EBSCO[2] gives "signed on November 29, 1962" and the Flashbak[4] caption dates the signing photograph "November 29, 1962 in Lancaster House".
On 29 November 1962 the British and French governments signed a treaty in London to build a supersonic airliner together, sharing work, cost and sales equally. The agreement, with no escape clause, started the programme that became Concorde.