1955

January 14th
HNLMS Sumatra , the last serving Java class cruiser is retired , here role is taken over by the state of the art helicopter cruiser of the Celebes class HNLMS Celebes.

January 22nd
The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons.

January 28th
The United States congress authorizes president Dwight D. Eisenhower to increase military aid to the United Republic of China.

February 10th
The United States Seventh fleet navy begins a large naval and air exercise of the coast of the Philippines , together whit the United States air force which is based out of the Philippines , Philippine air force and the Philippine navy , the exercise is closely monitored by Japanese imperial army air service observation planes and Kawanishi H10K long range flying boats belonging to the imperial Japanese navy air service and submarines and surfaces vessels belonging to the imperial Japanese navy based out of Formosa.

February 12th
US president Dwight Eisenhower sends more US advisors to the United Republic of China , bringing the total to 700 military advisors.

March 5th
HNLMS Van Speijk is launched , the first of the Van Speijk class frigates to be launched , and who is slatted to replace the decommissioned Admiralen class destroyer , HNLMS Van Ghent , HNLMS Van Speijk is the fifth vessel in the royal Netherlands navy named after Jan van Speyk.

April 3rd
Orbiting above the surface of Mars , KNRS ER-3 , test fires , the Mark-2 spatial torpedo (1 ) against a target placed on the Amazonis Planitia test and weapons range .

April 5th
Winston Churchill resigns as the prime minister of the United Kingdom.

April 6th
Anthony Eden becomes the new prime minister of the United Kingdom.

April 11th
The Japanese Kempeitai sabotage a Lockheed constellation aircraft , killing 16 but failing to assassinate the United Republic of China minister of foreign affairs , Zhou Enlai , who was not onboard.

April 15th
At the Netherlands space centre Guyana , the first Type A class shuttle (2) designated KNRS A1, is put in use whit the royal Netherlands space force.

April 18th
Asian conference (3) begins in Bombay, India , it is also attended by Zhou Enlai , who thanks to a delay in his traveling was able to escape a assignation attempt by unknown forces.

April 24th
The Asian conference ends after six days of discussion.

May 5th
The Allied occupation of West Germany ends , and whit it the Federal Republic of Germany becomes an independent sovereign state with the ratification of Paris agreements in Bonn, Germany.

May 9th
West Germany joins NATO.

May 14th
Warsaw pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.

May 15th
Building of space travel center at Baikonur, Kazakhstan begins.

May 18th
Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

May 31st
Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities.

June 6th
Second Type A class shuttle designated KNRS A2 , enters service whit the royal Netherlands space force , as production of the shuttle takes only a year , mostly du it not having warp drive , weapons ore shield , its is hope that the Type A class shuttle has fully replaced the older Type-7 shuttle pods and Type-15 shuttle pods , before 1956.

July 14th
Dr. Anton Mussert , former leader of the Netherlands national socialist movement , dies at age 60 , after suffering a heart attack at his home in The Hague, Netherlands.

Augustus 30th
First official act of Netherlands crown princess Beatrice, when she launches HNLMS Borneo , the second Celebes class cruiser.

September 12th
A royal Netherlands military intelligence service officer, briefs prime minister Drees , about the communist party of Indonesia , telling him that it has a membership of about 3,000 to 5,000 , spread across the Netherlands East Indies , who pose no treat to the security of the colony , thanks to the defection of Vladimir Petrov almost a year ago , the royal Netherlands military intelligence service was able to sweep the communist party of Indonesia and pick up those mentioned by Vladimir Petrov.

October 2nd
The first production model of the D-24I tornado M.2 jet fighter (4) begins serving whit the royal Netherlands air force 312th fighter squadron based at Volkel air base ,Netherlands , production of the D-24I tornado M.2 jet fighter at Fokker aircraft corporation East Indies is slated to begin early next year.

October 28th
The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne is commissioned into the royal Australian navy , becoming Australia first air craft carrier.

December 6th
Jiro Minami , the Japanese 8th governor-general of Korea from 1936 and 1944 and a member of the privy council from 1944 to 1947 , dies at Tokyo.

December 14th
Ireland is together whit Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain admitted to the United Nations.

(1) the Mark-2 spatial torpedo is a improve version of the Mark-1 spatial torpedo , and has a variable yield being able to destroy a small building , ore when set to its maximum yield , being able to put a one-kilometer crater into an asteroid.

(2) the Type A class shuttle is designed to relieve the pressure from the 20 year old Maas-class runabouts , who both are still in service whit the royal Netherlands Space force and to replace the Type-7 shuttle pods and Type-15 shuttle pods who are going to be dismantle as more Type A class shuttle enter service , the Type A class shuttle has six seats , manual helm control and no warp drive , as the are mostly designed for use in the solar system.

(3) the Asian-conference is held in Bombay, India and is attended by United Republic of China , Burma, Philippines, Thailand , Pakistan, Ceylon and concurrence mostly about the current situation between the Japanese empire and the United States and to show solidarity towards the United Republic of China.

(4) there are several version of the D-24 tornado M.2 jet fighter entering in service whit the royal Netherlands air force and the royal Netherlands East Indies air force , these are the D-24I single-seat Interceptor , D-24T operational Trainer and the D-24R Reconnaissance version.