Disneyland opens
1955 · Event
Walt Disney's California park reinvents the amusement park as an immersive 'theme' world, a template copied worldwide.
On these timelines: Master, USA, Arts and Thoughts
Around 1955
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- The Beatles (1960)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- Korean War (1950)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- United Nations founded (1945)
- People's Republic of China founded (1949)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)