1955

Timeline

1954 ← 1955 → 1956

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Cretaceous

B.C.E.: Last Ice Age • 30,000 • 8,000 • 1,100

C.E.: 1502 • 1853

1900-1999

1900-1949: 1908 • 1915 • 1920 • 1926 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1938 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000-present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2030 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

January

• 24 January: Masaaki Tezuka is born in Tochigi, Japan.

February

• Monster Picture Story: Godzilla, a manga adaptation of the 1954 Godzilla, is published in the March 1955 issue of Bokura magazine.
• 17 February: Jim Rygiel is born in Wisconsin, America.

March

• 4 March: Shiro Sano is born in Yamanashi, Japan.

April

• 24 April: Godzilla Raids Again is released to Japanese theaters.

June

• 8 June: Shusuke Kaneko is born in Tokyo, Japan.

August

• 11 August: Half Human is released to Japanese theaters.

October

• 26 October: Shinpei Hayashiya is born in Tokyo, Japan.

November

• 10 November: Roland Emmerich is born in Baden-Württemberg, West Germany.
• 16 November: Jun Kunimura is born in Kumamoto, Japan.

In fiction

• A second Godzilla appears and fights another monster dubbed Anguirus in Osaka. Godzilla eventually kills his opponent and escapes from Japan. However, the Monster King is eventually cornered on an iceberg and buried in an avalanche caused by Japan's Self-Defense Forces. (Godzilla Raids Again)
• Five university students go on a vacation in the Japanese Alps and two of them go missing. They return in the spring and discover a large primate in the mountains. It was later killed by falling into a sulfur pit. (Half Human)

Gallery

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  24 Apr. - Godzilla Raids Again theatrical release poster

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  11 Aug. - Half Human theatrical poster

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