From 18 to 24 April 1955, delegates of 29 newly independent or emerging countries of Asia and Africa, including Nehru of India, Sukarno of Indonesia, Nasser of Egypt, Zhou Enlai of China and Nkrumah's representatives, met at Bandung in Indonesia, without the participation of the former colonial powers or the superpowers. They condemned colonialism and racism, and proclaimed principles of peaceful coexistence. The conference laid the foundations of the Non-Aligned Movement, founded in Belgrade in 1961, and expressed the rising solidarity of the Third World.
Before and after
- 12 April 1955Salk's polio vaccine is declared safe
- 16 April 1955Birth of Henri I, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- from 18 April 1955 to 24 April 1955Asian–African Conference
- 18 April 1955Death of Albert Einstein
- from 18 April 1955 to 24 April 1955The Bandung Conference
- 5 May 1955Publication of Project Blue Book
- from 14 May 1955 to 1 July 1991Founding of Warsaw Pact
- 15 May 1955Austrian State Treaty
- 8 June 1955Birth of Tim Berners-Lee
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