Gareth Davies, Welsh rugby player and academic
William Gareth Davies (born 29 September 1955) is a former Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player and former chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union.
1955 Sep, 29
Gareth Davies (rugby player born 1955)
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Events on 1955
- 7 Jan
Metropolitan Opera
Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. - 13 Feb
Dead Sea Scrolls
Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls. - 18 Feb
Nevada Test Site
Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series. - 14 May
Warsaw Pact
Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. - 23 Oct
State of Vietnam referendum, 1955
Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam.

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