February 12- U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam.
February 16- Nearly 100 die in a fire at a home for the elderly in Yokohama, Japan.
March 7- The 1954 Broadway musical version of Peter Pan is presented on television for the first time. The program gains the largest viewership of a TV special up to that time, and becomes one of the first great television classics.
April 12- The Salk polio vaccine is introduced.
April 15- Ray Kroc opens the 9th McDonald's fast food restaurant. Kroc is responsible for McDonald's worldwide expansion.
July 17- Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California.
July 18- In the United States, the first atomic-generated electrical power in the world is sold commercially.
August 19- Hurricane Diane hits the northeast United States, killing 200 and causing over $7 billion (adjusted for inflation) in damage.
August 27- The first copy of a Guinness World Records book is published.
September 19- Hurricane Hilda kills 200 in Mexico.
October 3 - The Mickey Mouse Club premieres on television.
November 1- A time bomb explodes in the cargo hold of United Airlines Flight 629, killing all 39 passengers and 5 crew members.
December 1- Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person, and the national civil rights movement begins.
1955- As a 9 Fire Year / 9 Fire 9-Year Cycle / 9 Fire 81-Year Cycle, this is the archetype of 9 Purple Fire.
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