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Year '''1955''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link displays the 1955 [[Gregorian calendar]]).
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[[Image:Marian Anderson.jpg|thumb|120px|right| [[January 7|Jan. 7]]: [[Marian Anderson]] at the [[Metropolitan Opera|Met]]]]
== Events of 1955 ==
===January===
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*[[January 2]] - [[José Antonio Remón Cantera]], president of [[Panama]], is assassinated at a racetrack in [[Panama City]].
*[[January 7]] - [[Marian Anderson]] is the first [[African American]] singer to perform at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in [[New York City]].
*[[January 18]] - [[Battle of Yijiangshan]] started in [[China]]. Fighting lasted until [[January 20]] with a [[Communist]] victory.
*[[January 22]] - Pentagon announces plan to develop [[ICBM]]s ([[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s) armed with [[nuclear weapon]]s.
*[[January 23]] - The [[Sutton Coldfield rail crash]].
*[[January 25]] - The [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]] of the [[Soviet Union]] announces end of the war between the USSR and [[Germany]], which began during [[World War II]] in [[1937]]. Until then, despite the end of World War II, the USSR was formally at war with Germany.
*[[January 28]] - The [[United States Congress]] authorizes President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] to use force to protect [[Taiwan|Formosa]] from the [[People's Republic of China]].
[[Image:Minuteman3launch.jpg|thumb|120px|right| [[January 22]]: [[ICBM]] ]]
===February===
*[[February 10]] - The [[seventh fleet]] of the [[United States Navy]] helped the [[Republic of China]] evacuate [[Chinese Nationalist]] army and residents from [[Tachen Islands]] to [[Taiwan]].
*[[February 12]] - [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] sends the first U.S. advisors to [[South Vietnam]].
*[[February 16]] - Nearly 100 die in fire at a home for the elderly in [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]]
*[[February 22]] - In Chicago's Democratic primary, Mayor [[Martin H. Kennelly]] loses to the head of the Cook County Democratic Party, [[Richard J. Daley]], 364,839 to 264,775
[[Image:Bill Haley and the Comets1956.jpg|thumb|120px|right| [[March 20]]: [[Bill Haley]].]]
===March===
*[[March 5]] - [[WBBJ]] signs on the air in the [[United States]] as [[WDXI]].
*[[March 7]] - The [[1954]] [[Peter Pan (2054 musical)|Broadway musical]] version of ''[[Peter and Wendy|Peter Pan]]'', starring [[Mary Martin]], is presented on television for the first time by [[NBC]] - also the first time that a stage musical is presented in its entirety on TV exactly as performed on stage. The program gains the largest viewership of a TV special up to that time, and becomes one of the first great television classics.
*[[March 17]] - The [[Richard Riot]] occurs in [[Montreal]].
*[[March 19]] - [[KXTV]] signs on the air in the [[United States]]
*[[March 20]] - ''[[Blackboard Jungle]]'' opens in movie theaters featuring the song [[Rock Around the Clock]] by [[Bill Haley]] and his Comets, thus propelling [[Rock and Roll]] as a musical genre. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to the song.
===April===
*[[April 5]] -
**[[Winston Churchill]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
**[[Richard J. Daley]] defeats Robert Merrian to become mayor of Chicago by a vote of 708,222 to 581,555.
*[[April 6]] - [[Anthony Eden]] becomes [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
*[[April 11]] - The [[Taiwan]]ese [[Kuomintang]] sabotaged the "[[Kashmir Princess]]", killing 16 but fails to assassinate People's Republic of China leader [[Zhou Enlai]].
*[[April 12]] - The Salk [[polio vaccine]] is introduced.
*[[April 15]] - [[Ray Kroc]] opens a [[McDonald's]] [[fast food restaurant]]; it is the company's ninth since it was founded in 1940, but Kroc would later take over the company and oversee its worldwide expansion.
*[[April 16]] - The [[Burma-Japanese peace treaty]] signed in [[Rangoon]] on [[November 5]], [[1954]] comes into force, formally ending the state of war.
*[[April 17]] - [[Imre Nagy]], [[Premier]] of [[Hungary]], is ousted for being too moderate.
[[Image:McDonald's Tampa 1979 05 02.JPG|thumb|120px|right| [[April 15]]: [[McDonald's]] ]]
===May===
*[[May 5]] - [[West Germany]] becomes a sovereign state.
*[[May 9]] - West Germany joins the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO).
*[[May 11]] - [[Japan]]ese ferry [[Shiun Maru]] sinks off of [[Takamatsu]], [[Shikoku]]. 168 are killed.
*[[May 14]] - Eight [[communist]] bloc countries, including the [[Soviet Union]], sign a mutual defence treaty called the [[Warsaw Pact]].
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===June===
* [[June 7]] - ''[[The $64,000 Question]]'' premieres on [[CBS]] television, with [[Hal Marks]] as the host.
* [[June 11]] - Eighty-three are killed and at least 100 are injured after an [[Austin-Healey]] and a [[Mercedes-Benz]] collide in the [[1955 Le Mans disaster]].
* [[June 13]] - [[Mir Mine]], the first [[diamond]] mine of the [[Soviet Union|USSR]], is discovered.
* [[June 16]] - [[Lady and the Tramp]], [[Walt Disney]]'s fifteenth animated feature film, debuts in [[U.S.]] movie theaters.
===July===
[[Image:SleepingBeautyCastle50th.JPG|thumb|120px|right| [[July 17]]: [[Disneyland Park (Anaheim)|Disneyland]] opens.]]
*[[July 7]] - The [[New Zealand Special Air Service]] was formed.
*[[July 13]] - [[Ruth Ellis]] (b. [[1926]]) is [[hanged]] for murder in [[London]] - the last woman ever to be executed in the [[United Kingdom]].
*[[July 17]] - [[Disneyland Park (Anaheim)|Disneyland]] opens, in [[Anaheim, California]].
*[[July 18]]
**The first atomic-generated electrical power is sold commercially.
**Illinois's Governor [[William Stratton]] signs Loyalty Oath Act that mandates all public employees take a loyalty oath or lose their jobs.
**Beginning of Geneva Summit between US, USSR, UK, and France.
*[[July 19]] - [[Eesti Televisioon|Estonian Television (ETV)]] begins broadcasting.
*[[July 23]] - Geneva Summit between US, USSR, UK, and France ends.
*[[July 27]] - [[El Al]] Airlines [[El Al Flight 402|Flight 402]] from Vienna to Tel Aviv-Yafo via Istanbul shot down over [[Bulgaria]]. All passengers and crew aboard the [[Lockheed Constellation]] were killed.
*[[July 28]] - The first [[Interlingua]] congress in Tours, France, leads to the founding of the [[Union Mundial pro Interlingua]].
===August===
[[Image:Diane 1955 track.png|thumb|120px|right| [[August 19|Aug.19]] [[Hurricane Diane|Diane]]]]
*[[August 19]] - [[Hurricane Diane]] hits the northeast [[United States]], killing 200 and causing over $1 billion in damage.
*[[August 20]] - Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in [[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]].
*[[August 22]] - 11 schoolchildren were killed, when their school bus was hit by a freight train, in [[Spring City, Tennessee]].
*[[August 25]] - The last [[Soviet]] forces leave [[Austria]].
*[[August 27]] - The first copy of a Guinness World Records book was printed and sold.
*[[August 28]] - [[Emmett Till]] is killed in [[Money, Mississippi]]
===September===
*[[September 6]] - [[Istanbul Pogrom]]: [[Istanbul]]'s [[Greeks|Greek]] [[minority]] is the target of a government-sponsored [[pogrom]].
*[[September 10]] - ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' debuts on [[CBS]].
*[[September 15]] - [[Vladimir Nabokov]]'s ''[[Lolita]]'' is published in Paris by [[Olympia Press]].
*[[September 19]]
**[[President of Argentina]] [[Juan Peron]] is ousted in a military coup.
**Hurricane Hilda kills 200 in Mexico.
*[[September 22]] - Independent (Commercial) Television begins broadcasting in UK .
[[Image:Porsche-550-spyder.jpg|thumb|150px|right| [[September 30|Sept.30]]: [[James Dean]].]]
*[[September 24]] - U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] suffers [[coronary thrombosis]] while on vacation in [[Denver]].
*[[September 30]] - Actor [[James Dean]] is killed when his [[Porsche 550 Spyder]] collides with another automobile near [[Cholame, California]].
===October===
*[[October 3]] - The Mickey Mouse Club premiers on TV.
*[[October 4]] - The Reverend [[Sun Myung Moon]] is released from prison in [[Seoul]], [[Korea]].
*[[October 20]]
**First film footage of [[Elvis Presley]] in a planned film short about Cleveland disc jockey [[Bill Randle]]
**[[Cardiff]] is proclaimed as the capital city of [[Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]
*[[October 26]] - After the last [[Allied]] troops have left the country and following the provisions of the [[Austrian Independence Treaty]], Austria declares its [[neutral country|permanent neutrality]].
*[[October 26]] - [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] proclaims [[Vietnam]] a republic with himself as president.
===November===
[[Image:LocationAustria.svg|thumb|120px|right| [[October 26|Oct.26]]: [[Austria]] free.]]
*[[November 1]] - Time bomb explodes aboard a [[United Airlines]] [[DC-6]] killing 44 above [[Longmont, Colorado]].
*[[November 3]] - 5 and a half mile Rimutaka Railway tunnel opens in New Zealand
*[[November 5]] - Racial segregation is forbidden on trains and buses in US [[interstate commerce]].
*[[November 12]] - The [[Bugs Bunny]] cartoon ''[[Roman-Legion Hare]]'' debuts in the USA.
*[[November 20]] - [[Bo Diddley]] makes his TV debut on [[Ed Sullivan]]'s ''Toast Of The Town'' show for [[CBS]].
*[[November 23]] - The [[Cocos Islands]] are transferred from the control of the [[United Kingdom]] to [[Australia]].
*[[November 29]] - [[Fred Phelps]] establishes the [[Westboro Baptist Church]], an anti-gay hate group, in Topeka, Kansas.
===December===
[[Image:Tappan Zee Bridge.JPG|thumb|120px|right| [[December 14|Dec. 14]]: [[Tappan Zee Bridge]] opens.]]
*[[December 1]] - [[Rosa Parks]] is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person, and the [[African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968)|national civil rights movement]] begins.
*[[December 5]]
**The [[American Federation of Labor]] and the [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]] merge to become the [[AFL-CIO]].
**The [[Montgomery Improvement Association]] is formed in [[Montgomery, Alabama]] by [[Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]] and other Black ministers to coordinate a Black boycott of city buses.
*[[December 14]]
**[[Tappan Zee Bridge]] in [[New York]] opens to traffic.
**[[Bulgaria]] [[Enlargement of the United Nations|joins]] the [[United Nations]].
*[[December 22]] - [[Joe Hin Tjio]] discovers correct number of human [[chromosomes]].
*[[December 31]] - [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] becomes the first American corporation to make over [[United States dollars|USD]] $1 billion in a year.
*70 mm film is introduced with ''[[Oklahoma! (1955 film)|Oklahoma!]]''.
===Undated===
*[[Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport]] (Flughafen Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach) is founded.
===Ongoing===
* [[Malayan Emergency]] (1948-1960)
* [[Marshall Plan]]
* [[Mau Mau Uprising]] (1952-1960)
===World population===
*[[World population]]: 2,755,823,000
: - [[Africa]]: 246,746,000
: - [[Asia]]: 1,541,947,000
: - [[Europe]]: 575,184,000
: - [[Latin-America]]: 190,797,000
: - [[Northern America]]: 186,884,000
: - [[Oceania]]: 14,265,000
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==Births==
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===January-February===
*[[January 1]] - [[Mario Andreacchio]], Australian film director
*[[January 2]] - [[Tex Brashear]], American voice actor
*[[January 6]] - [[Rowan Atkinson]], English comedian and actor
*[[January 12]] - [[Rockne O'Bannon]], American writer and television producer
*[[January 13]] - [[Jay McInerney]], American writer
*[[January 15]] - [[Nigel Benson]], British author and illustrator
*[[January 17]] - [[Steve Earle]], American musician
*[[January 18]] - [[Kevin Costner]], American actor
*[[January 19]] - [[Simon Rattle]], English conductor
*[[January 20]] - [[Joe Doherty]], [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] member
*[[January 25]] - [[Terry Chimes]], British drummer ([[The Clash]])
*[[January 26]] - [[Edward Van Halen|Eddie Van Halen]], Dutch-born musician
*[[January 27]]
**[[John G. Roberts|John Roberts]], [[Chief Justice of the United States]]
**[[Alexander Stuart (The War Zone)|Alexander Stuart]], British author
*[[January 28]] - [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], [[President of the French Republic|President of France]]
* [[February 3]]
**[[Stephen Euin Cobb]], American novelist
**[[Kirsty Wark]], Scottish television presenter
* [[February 6]] - [[Michael Pollan]], American journalist
* [[February 7]] - [[Miguel Ferrer]], American actor
* [[February 8]] - [[John Grisham]], American novelist
* [[February 10]]
**[[Chris Adams (wrestler)|Chris Adams]], British professional wrestler and judoka (d. [[2001]])
**[[Greg Norman]], Australian golfer
* [[February 12]] - [[Arsenio Hall]], American actor and talk show host
* [[February 15]] - [[Christopher McDonald]], American actor
* [[February 16]] - [[Hunt Block]], American actor
* [[February 17]] - [[Mo Yan]], Chinese writer, author of [[Red Sorghum]] (novel)
* [[February 19]] - [[Jeff Daniels (actor)|Jeff Daniels]], American actor
* [[February 20]] - [[Kelsey Grammer]], American actor
* [[February 23]]
**[[Tom Bodett]], American voice actor, radio personality, and writer
**[[Howard Jones (musician)|Howard Jones]], English musician
**[[Flip Saunders]], American basketball coach
* [[February 24]]
**[[Alain Prost]], French race car driver
**[[Steve Jobs]], American computer pioneer
===March-April===
*[[March 4]] - [[Dominique Pinon]], French actor
*[[March 5]] - [[Penn Jillette]], American magician and comedian
*[[March 6]] - [[Alberta Watson]], Canadian actress
*[[March 7]] - [[Tommy Kramer]], American football player
*[[March 8]] - [[Don Ashby]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. [[30 May]], [[1981]])
*[[March 10]] - [[Youssra]], Egyptian actress and singer
*[[March 11]] - [[Nina Hagen]], German pop star
*[[March 15]] - [[Dee Snider]], American singer
*[[March 16]]
**[[Jiro Watanabe]], Japanese boxer
**[[Bruno Barreto]], Brazilian film director
*[[March 17]] - [[Gary Sinise]], American actor
*[[March 18]] - [[Guillermo Dávila]], Venezuelan actor and singer
*[[March 19]] - [[Bruce Willis]], American actor
*[[March 22]]
**[[Pete Sessions]], American politician
**[[Valdis Zatlers]], president of Latvia
*[[March 23]] - [[Moses Malone]], American basketball player
*[[March 26]] - [[Danny Arndt]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[March 28]]
**[[John Alderdice]], Irish politician
**[[Reba McEntire]], American singer and actress
*[[March 29]]
**[[Earl Campbell]], American football player
**[[Brendan Gleeson]], Irish actor
*[[March 30]] - [[Paul Reiser]], American actor
*[[March 31]] - [[Angus Young]], Scottish-born guitarist ([[AC/DC]])
*[[April 1]] - [[Gregg Jarrett]], American lawyer turned journalist
* [[April 5]]
**[[Akira Toriyama]], Japanese manga artist
**[[Janice Long]], British radio disc jockey
* [[April 6]]
**[[Michael Rooker]], American actor
**[[Janet Ellis]], children's TV presenter
* [[April 7]] - [[Werner Stocker (actor)|Werner Stocker]], German actor (d. [[1993]])
* [[April 8]]
**[[Barbara Kingsolver]], American fiction writer
**[[Kane Hodder]], American actor
* [[April 9]]
**[[Kate Heyhoe]], American food writer
* [[April 11]] - [[Kevin Brady]], American politician
* [[April 13]] - [[Steve Camp]], American musician
* [[April 15]] - [[Dodi Al-Fayed]], Egyptian businessman (d. [[1997]])
* [[April 16]] - Grand Duke [[Henri of Luxembourg]]
* [[April 20]] - [[Seema Mustafa]], Journalist and Indian Politician
* [[April 21]] - [[Ebiet G Ade]], Indonesian singer and songwriter
* [[April 23]] - [[Tony Miles]], English chess player (d. [[2001]])
* [[April 24]] - [[John de Mol]], Dutch media tycoon
* [[April 25]]
**[[John Nunn]], [[England|English]] [[chess]] player and [[mathematician]]
**[[Parviz Parastui]], Iranian actor
* [[April 29]]
**[[Kate Mulgrew]], American actress
**[[Wendee Lee]], American voice actress
===May-June===
*[[May 1]]
**[[Nick Feldman]], English musician
**[[Ray Buttigieg]], Maltese composer and poet
*[[May 2]]
**[[Dave Winer]], American software pioneer
**[[Willie Miller]], Scottish footballer
*[[May 3]] - [[David Hookes]], Australian cricketer (d. [[2004]])
*[[May 4]] - [[Robert Ellis Orrall]], American singer
*[[May 6]] - [[Tom Bergeron]], American television host
*[[May 7]] - [[Kevin Reed]], American Presbyterian author, theologian and publisher.
*[[May 9]] - [[Anne-Sofie von Otter]], Swedish mezzo-soprano
*[[May 10]]
**[[Chris Berman]], American sports broadcaster
**[[Mark David Chapman]], American assassin of [[John Lennon]]
*[[May 16]]
**[[Olga Korbut]], Russian gymnast
**[[Jack Morris]], baseball player
**[[Hazel O'Connor]], British singer
**[[Debra Winger]], American actress
*[[May 17]] - [[Bill Paxton]], American actor
*[[May 18]] - [[Chow Yun-Fat]], Hong Kong actor
*[[May 19]] - [[James Gosling]], Canadian software engineer
*[[May 20]] - [[Zbigniew Preisner]], Polish film composer
*[[May 21]]
**[[Paul Barber (field hockey player)|Paul Barber]], British field hockey player
**[[Stan Lynch]], American drummer, songwriter, and producer
*[[May 22]]
**[[Dale Winton]], English radio DJ and television presenter
**[[Jimmy Lyon]], American guitarist
**[[Chalmers "Spanky" Alford]], American jazz guitarist (d. 2008)
*[[May 24]]
**[[Rosanne Cash]], American entertainer
**[[Rumiko Ukai]], Jpanese voice actress
*[[May 26]]
**[[Masaharu Morimoto]], Japanese chef
**[[Doris Dorrie|Doris Dörrie]], German actress and screenplay writer
*[[May 28]] - [[John McGeoch]], Scottish musician ([[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] and [[Public Image Ltd.]]) (d. [[2004]])
*[[May 29]] - [[John Hinckley, Jr.]], American who attempted to assassinate U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]]
*[[May 30]] - [[Topper Headon]], British drummer ([[The Clash]])
*[[May 31]] - [[Tommy Emmanuel]], Australian Guitarist, CGP
*[[June 1]] - [[Ralph Morse (actor)]], British actor, singer, and writer of historical dramas
* [[June 2]]
**[[Dana Carvey]], American actor and comedian
**[[Michael Steele]], bassist for The Bangles
* [[June 5]] - [[Fernando Borrego Linares]], Cuban singer and songwriter, Also known as Polo Montañez.
* [[June 6]] - [[Sandra Bernhard]], American comedian, actress, author and singer
* [[June 7]] - [[Tim Richmond]], American race car driver (d. [[1989]])
* [[June 8]] - [[Tim Berners-Lee]], English inventor of the World Wide Web
* [[June 10]] - [[Andrew Stevens]]. American actor and film producer
* [[June 13]] - [[Larry Mike Garmon]], American author
* [[June 14]] - [[Paul O'Grady]], English talk show host and comedian
* [[June 16]] - [[Laurie Metcalf]], American actress
* [[June 20]] - [[Tor Norretranders]], Danish author
* [[June 21]] - [[Michel Platini]], French football player
* [[June 22]]
**[[Glenn Danzig]], American singer and founder of [[The Misfits]], [[Samhain]] and [[Danzig]]
**[[Green Gartside]], Welsh singer songwriter
* [[June 23]] - [[Alan J. Gow]], motorsport executive
* [[June 21]] - [[Tim Bray]], Canadian computer programmer
* [[June 24]] - [[Chidvilasananda|Gurumayi Chidvilasananda]], head of [[Siddha Yoga]]
* [[June 26]] - [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]], British guitarist ([[The Clash]] and [[Big Audio Dynamite]])
* [[June 27]] - [[Isabelle Adjani]], French actress
* [[June 30]] - [[David Alan Grier]], American actor and comedian
===July-August===
* [[July 1]]
**[[Sanma Akashiya]], Japanese comedian and actor
**[[Lisa Scottoline]], American novelist
* [[July 8]]
**[[Mihaela Mitrache]], Romanian actress
* [[July 9]]
**[[Fred Norris]], American radio personality
**[[Jimmy Smits]], American actor
* [[July 18]] - [[Bernd Fasching]], Austrian painter and sculptor
* [[July 21]] - [[Howie Epstein]], American musician and producer (d. [[2003]])
* [[July 27]] - [[Allan Border]], Australian cricket player
*[[August 2]] - [[Caleb Carr]], American writer
*[[August 4]] - [[Billy Bob Thornton]], American actor
*[[August 7]] - [[Vladimir Sorokin]], Russian writer
*[[August 8]] - [[Diddú]] (Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir), Icelandic soprano and songwriter
*[[August 9]] - [[Doug Williams]], American football quarterback
*[[August 19]] - [[Peter Gallagher]], American actor
*[[August 24]] - [[Mike Huckabee]], former Governor and 2008 Presidential candidate
*[[August 27]] - [[Laura Fygi]], Dutch singer
*[[August 30]] - David Hefner, son of [[Hugh Hefner]]
*[[August 31]] - [[Edwin Moses]], American athlete
===September-October===
* [[September 1]] - [[Bruce Foxton]], English musician
* [[September 2]] - [[Robert Duncan]], American astrophysicist
* [[September 3]] - [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]], English guitarist (Sex Pistols)
* [[September 7]] - [[Efim Zelmanov]], Russian mathematician
* [[September 9]] - [[John Kricfalusi]], Canadian cartoonist
* [[September 10]] - [[Pat Mastelotto]], American musician
* [[September 12]] - [[Peter Scolari]], American actor
* [[September 15]] - [[Željka Antunović]], Croatian politician
* [[September 16]] - [[Robin Yount]], baseball player
* [[September 17]] - [[Charles Martinet]], American voice-actor
* [[September 19]] - [[Richard Burmer]], American composer, sound designer, and musician (d. [[2006]])
* [[September 21]] - [[Richard Hieb]], American astronaut
* [[September 23]] - [[Don Graham]], American journalist
* [[September 25]] - [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]], German football player
* [[September 28]] - [[Stéphane Dion]], Canadian politician
*[[October 7]] - [[Yo-Yo Ma]], French-born Chinese cellist
*[[October 13]] - [[Sergei Shepelev]], Russian ice hockey player
*[[October 15]] - [[Kulbir Bhaura]], British field hockey player
*[[October 18]] - [[Timmy Mallett]], British television presenter
*[[October 21]] - [[Rich Mullins]], American musician (d. [[1997]])
*[[October 28]]
**[[Bill Gates]], American software entrepreneur
**[[Indra Nooyi]], CEO
*[[October 29]] - [[Kevin DuBrow]], American Musician (d. [[2007]])
===November-December===
* [[November 2]] - [[Chris Burnett]], American saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands and band leader
* [[November 3]] - [[Phil Simms]], American football player
* [[November 4]] - [[Matti Vanhanen]], [[Prime Minister of Finland]]
* [[November 5]] - [[Karan Thapar]], Indian Journalist, Political Analyst & Commentator
* [[November 6]] - [[Maria Shriver]], American journalist
* [[November 7]] - [[Detlef Ultsch]], German judo athlete
* [[November 9]] - [[Karen Dotrice]], English actress
* [[November 11]] - [[Jigme Singye Wangchuk]], [[King of Bhutan]]
* [[November 13]] - [[Whoopi Goldberg]], American actress and comedienne
* [[November 20]] - [[Ray Ozzie]], Chief Software Architect
* [[November 21]] - [[Kyle Gann]], American composer and music critic
* [[November 23]] - [[Steven Brust]], American author
* [[November 24]] - [[Ian Botham]], British cricketer
* [[November 27]] - [[Bill Nye]], American science presenter
* [[November 29]] - [[Howie Mandel]], Canadian actor
* [[November 30]]
**[[Kevin Conroy]], American voice actor
**[[Billy Idol]], British singer
**[[Gordon Liu]], Chinese actor
*[[December 3]] - [[Steven Culp]], American actor
*[[December 4]] - [[Maurizio Bianchi]], Italian musician
*[[December 7]] - [[Priscilla Barnes]], American actress
*[[December 8]] - [[Ian Greig]], English cricketer
*[[December 12]] - [[Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki]], Greek politician and businesswoman
*[[December 15]] - [[Paul Simonon]], British bassist ([[The Clash]])
*[[December 17]] - [[Brad Davis (basketball)|Brad Davis]], American basketball player
*[[December 16]] - [[Rob Levin]], founder of the [[freenode]] [[IRC]] network
*[[December 18]] - [[Ray Liotta]], American actor
*[[December 21]] - [[Jane Kaczmarek]], American actress
*[[December 23]] - [[Carol Ann Duffy]], British poet
*[[December 24]] - [[Clarence Gilyard]], American actor
*[[December 27]] - [[Barbara Olson]], American television commentator (d. [[2001]])
==Deaths==
===January-June===
*[[January 1]] - [[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]], Indian scientist (b. [[1894]])
*[[January 2]] - [[Jose Antonio Remon]], [[President of Panama]] (assassinated) (b. [[1908]])
*[[January 6]] - [[Yevgeny Tarle]], Soviet historian (b. [[1874]])
*[[January 15]] - [[Yves Tanguy]], French painter (b. [[1900]])
*[[January 18]] - [[August Duesenberg]], automobile manufacturer (b. [[1879]])
*[[January 21]] - [[Archie Hahn]], American athlete (b. [[1880]])
*[[January 24]] - [[Ira Hayes]], U.S. Marine (b. [[1923]])
*[[January 29]] - [[Hans Hedtoft]], Prime Minister of Denmark (b. [[1903]])
*[[January 31]] - [[John Mott]], American YMCA leader, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1865]])
*[[February 12]] - [[Thomas J. Moore|Tom Moore]], Irish-American film actor (b. [[1883]])
*[[March 11]] - Sir [[Alexander Fleming]], Scottish scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1881]])
*[[March 12]] - [[Charlie Parker]], American saxophonist (b. [[1920]])
*[[March 23]] - [[Artur da Silva Bernardes]], President of Brazil (b. [[1875]])
*[[April 7]] - [[Theda Bara]], American film actress (b. [[1885]])
*[[April 18]] - [[Albert Einstein]], German-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1879]])
*[[May 4]] - [[Georges Enescu]], Romanian composer (b. [[1881]])
*[[May 10]]
**<!-- May 10-->[[Tommy Burns (boxer)|Tommy Burns]], American boxer (b. [[1881]])
**<!-- May 10-->[[John Radecki]], Australian stained glass artist (b. [[1865]])
*[[May 11]] - [[Gilbert Laird Jessop|Gilbert Jessop]], English cricketer (b. [[1874]])
*[[May 16]] - [[James Agee]], American writer (b. [[1909]])
*[[May 18]] - [[Mary McLeod Bethune]], American educator (b. [[1875]])
*[[May 26]] - [[Alberto Ascari]], Italian race car driver (b. [[1918]])
*[[June 5]] - [[Pattillo Higgins]], American oil pioneer and businessman (b. [[1863]])
*[[June 19]] - [[Adrienne Monnier]], French poet (b. [[1892]])
*[[June 24]] - [[Carlos Gardel]], Argentine singer (b. [[1890]])
*[[June 25]] - [[Vito Corleone]], Italian-American Mob Boss (b. 1891)
===July-December===
*[[July 3]] - [[Beatrice Chase]], British writer (b. [[1874]])
*[[July 23]] - [[Cordell Hull]], [[United States Secretary of State]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1871]])
*[[August 2]] - [[Wallace Stevens]], American poet (b. [[1879]])
*[[August 5]] - [[Carmen Miranda]], Portuguese singer and actress (b. [[1909]])
*[[August 12]] - [[Thomas Mann]], German writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1875]])
*[[August 12]] - [[James B. Sumner]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]])
*[[August 13]] - [[Florence Easton]], English opera soprano (b. [[1882]])
*[[August 28]] - [[Emmett Till]], American murder victim (b. [[1941]])
*[[September 24]] - [[Ib Schønberg]], Danish actor (b. [[1902]])
*[[September 30]] - [[James Dean]], American actor (automobile accident) (b. [[1931]])[[Image:Porsche-550-spyder.jpg|thumb|150px|right| [[September 30|Sept.30]]: [[James Dean]].]]
*[[October 1]] - [[Charles Christie]], American film studio owner (b. [[1880]])
*[[October 9]] - [[Theodor Cardinal Innitzer]], Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. [[1875]])
*[[October 18]] - [[José Ortega y Gasset]], Spanish philosopher (b. [[1883]])
*[[November 4]] - [[Cy Young]], baseball player (b. [[1867]])
*[[November 5]] - [[Maurice Utrillo]], French artist (b. [[1882]])
*[[November 12]] - [[Alfréd Hajós]], Hungarian swimmer (b. [[1878]])
*[[November 22]] - [[Shemp Howard]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1895]])
*[[November 27]] - [[Arthur Honegger]], French-born Swiss composer (b. [[1892]])
*[[December 6]] - [[Honus Wagner]], baseball player (b. [[1874]])
*[[December 13]] - [[Egas Moniz]], Portuguese neurologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1874]])
*[[December 21]] - [[Garegin Njdeh]], Armenian statesman (b. [[1886]])
*[[December 25]] - [[Elizabeth Harrison]], daughter of President [[Benjamin Harrison]] and [[Mary Dimmick Harrison]] (b. [[1897]])
*[[December 25]] - [[Thomas J. Preston, Jr.]], professor of [[Archeology]] at [[Princeton University]]; he married [[Frances Cleveland]], widow of President [[Grover Cleveland]] (b. [[1862]])
*[[December 27]] - [[Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter]], English soldier (b. [[1881]])
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Willis Eugene Lamb]], [[Polykarp Kusch]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Vincent du Vigneaud]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]]- [[Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Halldor Laxness|Halldór Kiljan Laxness]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - not awarded
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.coinpage.com/1955-pictures.html 1955 Coin Pictures]
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