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1955
1955 is a common year starting on Saturday.
Events
January-April
- Bandung Conference
May-July
August-October
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August 19 - In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane claims 200 lives.
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August 20 - Eight World Scout Jamboree opens in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
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August 20 - In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
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August 27 - The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records
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August 28 - Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, is murdered in Money, Mississippi , by white men angered because he whistled at a white woman while buying groceries.
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September 11 - Dedication of the first Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, the Bern Switzerland Temple.
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September 14 - Konrad Adenauer travels to Moscow to establish diplomatic relations and to negotiate for the release of the remaining German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union
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September 16 - A military coup in Argentina deposes Juan Peron.
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September 30 - James Dean is killed in an automobile accident near Pasa Robles, California
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October 2 - The ENIAC computer is deactivated.
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October 3 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, elected president of Brazil, for a five year term.
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October 7 - The last German prisoners of war are released from the Soviet Union
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October 23 - The Saarland is once again part of West Germany, following a referendum
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October 26 - Following the Austrian Independence Treaty of May 15, the last allied troops leave the country. The parliament declaras Austria's everlasting neutrality.
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October 29 - The Soviet battleship Novorossiisk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
November-December
Unknown date
Year in topic
Births
January-February
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January 6 - Rowan Atkinson, comedian, actor
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January 12 - Rockne O'Bannon, writer, producer
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January 13 - Jay McInerney, writer
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January 17 - Steve Earle, musician
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January 18 - Kevin Costner, actor
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January 19 - Simon Rattle, English conductor
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January 26 - Eddie Van Halen, musician
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February 8 - John Grisham, novelist
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February 10 - Greg Norman, golfer
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February 12 - Arsenio Hall, actor, talk show host
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February 19 - Jeff Daniels, actor
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February 20 - Kelsey Grammer, actor
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February 23 - Howard Jones, musician
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February 24 - Alain Prost, Formula One driver
- February 24 - Steve Jobs, computer pioneer
March-April
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March 5 - Penn Jillette, magician, comedian
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March 7 - Tommy Kramer, American football player
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March 15 - Dee Snider, singer
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March 16 - Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxing world champion
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March 16 - Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director
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March 17 - Gary Sinise, actor
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March 19 - Bruce Willis, actor
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March 22 - Pete Sessions, U.S. politician
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March 23 - Moses Malone, basketball player
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March 28 - Reba McEntire, country music singer, actress
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March 29 - Earl Campbell, American football star
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March 31 - Angus Young, musician
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April 1 - Ronnie Burk , surrealist and AIDS activist
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April 6 - Michael Rooker, actor
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April 11 - Kevin Brady, American politician
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April 16 - Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
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April 23 - Tony Miles, chess player
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April 29 - Kate Mulgrew, actress
May
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May 3 - David Hookes, cricketer (d. 2004)
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May 6 - Tom Bergeron, television host
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May 9 - Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano
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May 10 - Chris Berman, sports anchor
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May 10 - Mark David Chapman, assassin
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May 10 - Ashoka Prasad ,scientist
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May 11 - Mark Herndon , Alabama (band)
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May 16 - Olga Korbut, gymnast
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May 16 - Jack Morris, baseball pitcher
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May 16 - Hazel O'Connor, British singer
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May 16 - Debra Winger, actress
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May 17 - Bill Paxton, actor
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May 18 - Chow Yun-Fat, actor
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May 20 - Zbigniew Preisner, film composer
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May 26 - Morimoto Masaharu, Japanese chef (Iron Chef)
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May 26 - Doris Dörrie, actor and screenplay writer
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May 28 - John McGeoch, musician, (d. 2004)
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May 30 - Topper Headon, musician
June-September
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June 2 - Dana Carvey, actor, comedian
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June 7 - Tim Richmond, NASCAR race car driver (d. 1989)
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June 8 - Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web
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June 20 - Tor Norretranders, science author
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June 21 - Tim Bray, computer programmer
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June 25 - Terry Chimes, musician
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June 26 - Mick Jones, musician
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June 27 - Isabelle Adjani, actress
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July 1 - Akashiya Sanma, Japanese TV actor
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August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton, actor
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August 19 - Peter Gallagher, actor
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September 10 - Pat Mastelotto, musician
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September 16 - Robin Yount, baseball player
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September 29 - Jon Backstrom , Internet engineer
October-December
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October 7 - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
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October 17 - Mae Jemison, astronaut
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October 26 - Mark Welch , inventor
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October 28 - Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft
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November 4 - Matti Vanhanen, prime minister of Finland
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November 6 - Maria Shriver, journalist, first lady of California
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November 7 - Detlef Ultsch, first German judo world champion
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November 13 - Whoopi Goldberg, actress, comedienne, singer
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November 23 - Steven Brust, fantasy author
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November 24 - Ian Botham, English cricketer
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December 3 - Steven Culp, actor
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December 10 - Warren Gaebel , evangelist / Bible teacher
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December 12 - Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Greek politician and business woman.
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December 15 - Paul Simonon, musician
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December 17 - Brad Davis, basketball player
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December 18 - Ray Liotta, actor
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December 21 - Jane Kaczmarek, actress
Deaths
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January 15 - Yves Tanguy, French surrealist painter (b. 1900)
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January 21 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (b. 1880)
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March 11 - Sir Alexander Fleming, British discoverer of penicillin (b. 1881)
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March 12 - Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist (b. 1920)
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April 7 - Theda Bara, silent film actress (b. 1885)
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April 18 - Albert Einstein, German physicist (b. 1879)
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May 10 - Tommy Burns, American boxer (b. 1881)
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May 11 - Gilbert Jessop; English cricketer, known as fastest-scoring batsman of all time (b. 1874).
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May 16 - James Agee, American writer (b. 1909)
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May 26 - Alberto Ascari, Italian F1 race car driver (b. 1918)
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August 2 - Wallace Stevens, American poet (b. 1879)
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August 5 - Carmen Miranda, Portuguese singer, actress (b. 1909)
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August 28 - Emmett Till, teenage victim of anti-black murder
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September 30 - James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
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October 1 - Charles Christie, pioneer film studio owner in Hollywood (b. 1880)
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October 9 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna 1932-1955
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November 4 - Cy Young, American baseball player (b. 1867)
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November 5 - Maurice Utrillo, French artist (b. 1882)
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November 12 - Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)
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November 27 - Arthur Honegger, Swiss composer (b. 1982)
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December 6 - Honus Wagner, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1874)
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