Istanbul pogrom: Istanbul's Greek minority is the target of a government-sponsored pogrom. Organized mob attacks continue until the following day.[8]
Hurricane Gladys makes landfall 140 mi (230 km) south of Brownsville as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 85 mph (137 km/h). Vacationers evacuate Padre Island in preparation for the storm.[9] Rainfall peaks at 17.02 in (43.2 cm) in Flour Bluff. In Oso Bay, storm surge is reported to have reached 4.5 ft (1.4 m) in height.[10] Two ships off the Texas coast are feared to have been damaged during the storm: the shrimp boat Mary Ellen, thought to have been beached on Padre Island, and the Don II, missing off Port Aransas, Texas.[11] The United States Coast Guard patrols the coast to rescue stranded people and respond to emergency calls, as well as search for the missing ships.[12]
A secondary low-pressure area forms near Hurricane Gladys in the Gulf of Mexico. The circulation area is known as Glasscock, after an offshore oil platform that reports 83 mph (134 km/h) winds during the storm.
The Department of Defense's Stewart Committee reviews the alternatives for an IGY satellite program: wait for the development of an Atlas launcher, use a modified Redstone, or develop a rocket derived from the Viking missile. The committee votes seven to two in favor of abandoning Project Orbiter (Redstone) and developing Vanguard (the Viking derivative). Secretary Donald A. Quarles rules with the committee majority in the Department of Defense Policy Committee, which approves the decision.[15]
Hurricane Ione forms in the North Atlantic. Arriving on the heels of Hurricanes Connie and Diane, it would compound problems already caused by the two earlier hurricanes.
Long-running US TV series Gunsmoke is broadcast for the first time, on the CBS-TV network.
In Sumner, Mississippi, an all-white jury acquits both defendants in a trial for the murder of black teenager Emmett Till, after a 67-minute deliberation; one juror says, "If we hadn't stopped to drink pop, it wouldn't have taken that long."[24] J. W. Milam later admits to shooting Till, and says he and his half-brother Roy Bryant did not think that they had done anything wrong.[25]
A 6.8 earthquake shakes the Chinese county of Huili, leaving 728 dead and 1,547 injured.
"America's Sweethearts", showbiz couple Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, marry. They would divorce within four years, and meanwhile Carrie and Todd were born.
German war criminal Erich Raeder is released from Spandau Prison because of poor health.[28]
Thai yacht Lelonta II capsizes and sinks off Capraia, Italy. All twenty on board are rescued, including the owner of the yacht, Prince Biram of Siam.[33]
^Roth, David M; Hydrometrological Prediction Center. "Hurricane Gladys (1955) Rainfall Totals". Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Point Maxima. United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
^"Detainees Break Out of Prison: Soldiers Shot in Street". The Manchester Guardian. 14 November 1955. p. 1.
^Whitfield, Stephen (1991). A Death in the Delta: The story of Emmett Till, JHU Press. ISBN978-0-8018-4326-6 pp. 41–42.
^Whitfield, Stephen (1991). A Death in the Delta: The story of Emmett Till, JHU Press. ISBN978-0-8018-4326-6 p. 52.
^[s.n.] (1956). "L'affaire du Mail" [The Mail Affair]. Le Cercle: Revue Mensuelle (in French). Vol. 24, no. 5. pp. 29–31. doi:10.5169/seals-569258. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
