1955 in South Africa

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1955
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The following lists events that happened during 1955 in South Africa.

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Incumbents

Events

January


February

- 9 -- 2000 armed police men forcefully removed the black families of Sophiatown to the Meadowlands

March
April
May
June
August
December

Births

Deaths

Railways

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Class 5E, Series 1

Locomotives

Sports

Football

The South Africa national football team tours Australia and plays five games against the Australia national association football team.

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References

  1. South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
  2. Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. p. 292. ISBN   9 780620 512282.