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1955 -- AGS Archives

  On July 19, 1955, the Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to the Negev desert in Israel.
  On October 18, 1955, a new atomic subparticle called a negative proton (antiproton) is discovered at U.C. Berkeley.
  Drs. Clarton-Schwerdt and Schaffer announce the discovery of the polio virus on November 2, 1955.