1955

• On March 25 the Chance Vought XF8U-1, Navy day fighter, exceeds the speed of sound on its first flight.
   
• The USSR explodes a 1-megaton hydrogen bomb.
   
• Albert Einstein dies of heart failure at 76.

XF8U-1 Landing March 25, 1955

Songs From 1955

  “Unchained Melody”
  “Yellow Rose of Texas”

Other Facts from 1955

President: Dwight Eisenhower     Average annual income $4,137 New car $1,910 Loaf of bread $0.18 Gallon of milk $0.92 Gallon of gas $0.23     Dow Jones Average  388 to 488