Technology 1955

First pocket transistor radios available

Fish Fingers are marketed by Bird’s Eye

The first Atomically generated power is used in the US

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Atomic Clock England
Hovercraft England by Christopher Cockerell

Lego Gotfried Kirk Christiansen

Velcro Switzerland by George De Mestral

Popular Culture 1955

Ray Kroc starts the McDonald’s fast food restaurant chain.
First riot at an Elvis Presley concert takes place in Jacksonville, FL
“The $64,000 Question” the popular US television game show starts
James Dean’s stars in the movie East of Eden
James Dean killed in car accident near Cholame, California
First Guinness Book of World Records Published
“The Mickey Mouse Club” debuts on ABC

Popular Films

Oklahoma
The Quatermass Xperiment
Rebel without a Cause
To Catch A Thief
The Quatermass Xperiment
The seven year itch

Popular Singers

Elvis Presley
Bill Haley and the Comets ” Rock Around The Clock”
Chuck Berry
Fats Domino.
The Platters