August 1955

Tuesday 02:

Velcro is patented.

Sunday 07:

Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan.

Friday 19:

In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.

Saturday 20:

In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria, raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.

Sunday 28:

Black Mississippian Emmett Till is murdered, allegedly for whistling to a white woman and calling her baby.