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1955 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2033. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1955 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1955
- January 24, 1955 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Sheep in Chinese astrology.
- January 25, 1955 – The Soviet Union ends the state of war with Germany.
- February 13, 1955 – Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
- February 18, 1955 – Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot “Wasp” is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
- April 1, 1955 – The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification (“enosis”) with Greece.
- September 6, 1955 – Istanbul’s Greek, Jewish and Armenian minority are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens die in the ensuing riots.
- September 10, 1955 – The television series Gunsmoke premieres on CBS . It was the second western television series written for adults. The first was the Lone Ranger.
- October 23, 1955 – Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam.
- November 15, 1955 – The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
- November 23, 1955 – The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
Who Were Born On 1955?
- January 13, 1955 – Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (d. 2015)
- March 2, 1955 – Terrence Stone, Irish-American voice actor and casting director
- March 15, 1955 – Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter and actor (Twisted Sister and Desperado)
- May 30, 1955 – Caroline Swift, English lawyer and judge
- August 4, 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (The Boxmasters)
- September 6, 1955 – Raymond Benson, American author and playwright
- September 7, 1955 – Mira Furlan, Croatian-American actress and singer
- September 15, 1955 – Abdul Qadir, Pakistani cricketer
- November 29, 1955 – Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host
- December 1, 1955 – Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress