Editing 1955 (section)

===July===
{{main|July 1955}}
* [[July 1]] – Transformation from the [[Imperial Bank of India]] to the [[State Bank of India]] is given legal recognition through an Act of the [[Parliament of India]].
* [[July 7]] – The [[New Zealand Special Air Service]] is formed.
* [[July 13]] – [[Ruth Ellis]] is [[hanged]] for murder in London, becoming the last woman ever to be executed in the United Kingdom.
* [[July 17]]
** The [[Disneyland]] theme park opens in [[Anaheim, California]], an event broadcast on the [[American Broadcasting Company]] television network.
** The first atomic-generated electrical power is sold commercially, partially powering [[Arco, Idaho]], from the U.S. [[National Reactor Testing Station]]; on July 18, [[Schenectady, New York]], receives power from a prototype nuclear submarine reactor at [[Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory]].<ref name=HMGST55>"1955". ''Houghton Mifflin Guide to Science & Technology''.</ref>
* [[July 18]] &ndash; Illinois Governor [[William Stratton]] signs the Loyalty Oath Act, that mandates all public employees take a loyalty oath to the State of Illinois and the United States or lose their jobs.
* [[July 18]]–[[July 23|23]] – [[Geneva Summit (1955)|Geneva Summit]] between the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom and France.
* [[July 22]] – In [[Long Beach]], [[California]] (United States), [[Hillevi Rombin]] of [[Sweden]] is crowned [[Miss Universe]].
* [[July 27]] – [[El Al Flight 402]] from [[Vienna]] (Austria) to [[Tel Aviv]], via [[Istanbul]], is shot down over [[Bulgaria]]. All 58 passengers and crewmen aboard the [[Lockheed Constellation]] are killed.
* [[July 28]] – The first [[Interlingua]] Congress is held in [[Tours]], France, leading to the foundation of the [[Union Mundial pro Interlingua]].