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Events from the year 1955 in the United Kingdom. The year is marked by changes of leadership for both principal political parties.

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  1. ^ "Express train crashes killing 14". BBC News. 23 January 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/23/newsid_2671000/2671481.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  2. ^ "Britain's big freeze". BBC News. 24 February 1955. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/24/newsid_4292000/4292041.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-05. 
  3. ^ a b c Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0. 
  4. ^ "Duncan Edwards: A prodigious talent cut down in his prime". Mirror Football. Daily Mirror. http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/Duncan-Edwards-article663.html. Retrieved 2012-02-10. 
  5. ^ "Sir Winston Churchill resigns". BBC News. 5 April 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/5/newsid_2822000/2822959.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  6. ^ "Anthony Eden 1955". The Cabinet Papers 1915-1981. Kew: The National Archives. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/cabinet-gov/anthony-eden-1955.htm. Retrieved 2012-01-24. 
  7. ^ "Fleet Street papers back after strike". BBC News. 21 April 1955. Archived from the original on 22 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/21/newsid_2525000/2525427.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  8. ^ "Trophy - 1955 League Title". chelseaafc.com. Chelsea Football Club. 2002-07-11. http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~856021,00.html. Retrieved 2012-02-10. 
  9. ^ Simons, Paul (2008). Since Records Began. London: Collins. pp. 36–8. ISBN 978-0-00-728463-4. 
  10. ^ "Dr Salk promotes polio vaccine in UK". BBC News. 5 May 1955. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/5/newsid_2510000/2510495.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-05. 
  11. ^ "1955". The FA Cup. http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1955.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-04. [dead link]
  12. ^ "Election victory for Tories under Eden". BBC News. 27 May 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/27/newsid_3850000/3850389.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  13. ^ "1951 General election results summary". UK Political Info. http://www.ukpolitical.info/1951.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-10. 
  14. ^ "Whatever happened to full employment?". BBC News. 13 October 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15276765. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  15. ^ a b "The Lost Decade Timeline, BBC". http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/lostdecade/timeline_html.shtml. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  16. ^ "Moss claims first Grand Prix victory". BBC News. 17 July 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/17/newsid_2981000/2981372.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  17. ^ Contrary to his later recollection of the event. Burnett, Archie, ed. (2012). The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin. London: Faber. p. 411. ISBN 978-0-571-24006-7. 
  18. ^ Pietrobon, Steven S. (24 June 2005). "Airfix’s First Aircraft Kit: The Spitfire BTK". http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/models/spitfire/index.html. Retrieved 2010-11-06. 
  19. ^ "Britain claims Rockall". BBC News. 21 September 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/21/newsid_4582000/4582327.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  20. ^ "New TV channel ends BBC monopoly". BBC News. 22 September 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/22/newsid_3131000/3131477.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  21. ^ "Baroness Sharp". The Times (62234): p. 14. 4 September 1985. 
  22. ^ "Princess Margaret cancels wedding". BBC News. 31 October 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/31/newsid_3202000/3202307.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  23. ^ Parkinson, C. Northcote (19 Nov 1955). "Parkinson's Law". The Economist. http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/management/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14116121. Retrieved 5 October 2010. 
  24. ^ "Attlee steps down as Labour leader". BBC News. 7 December 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/7/newsid_3267000/3267929.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  25. ^ a b Boothroyd, David (2005). "Leaders of the Labour Party". United Kingdom Election Results. http://www.election.demon.co.uk/lableader.html. Retrieved 2010-11-22. 
  26. ^ "Ladykillers, The (1955)". screenonline.org.uk. BFI. http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/441533/. Retrieved 2010-07-09. 
  27. ^ "Cumbernauld Town Centre". http://www.open2.net/modernity/3_10.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-18. 
  28. ^ "Gaitskell elected Labour leader". BBC News. 14 December 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/14/newsid_3254000/3254118.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  29. ^ "1955: Queen opens London Airport terminal". BBC News. 16 December 1955. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/16/newsid_4035000/4035801.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
  30. ^ "Capital claims – A city's struggle". BBC News. 22 April 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2854567.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-07. 
  31. ^ "Severe droughts in Yorkshire". 2002. http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/h.j.fowler/histdrought.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-30. 
  32. ^ Craig, Dennis (1964). Breeding Racehorses from Cluster Mares. London: J.A. Allen. 

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