What is 1955?

Information about 1955

Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1920s  1930s  1940s  - 1950s -  1960s  1970s  1980s
Years:1952 1953 1954 - 1955 - 1956 1957 1958


Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar).
Contents  (full)
1 Events of 1955
: -  Jan. . Feb. . March . April
: -  May . June . July  .  Aug.
: -  Sept. . Oct. . Nov. .  Dec.
: -  Undated . Ongoing .
-  World population
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Nobel Prizes
5 See also -  Notes -  External links

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Jan. 7: Marian Anderson at the Met

Events of 1955

January

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January 22: ICBM


February

March

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March 20: Bill Haley.

April

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April 12: polio
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April 15: McDonald's

May

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May 14: Warsaw Pact

June

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June 11: Le Mans.

July

August

September

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Sept.30: James Dean.

October

November

December

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Dec. 14: Tappan Zee Bridge opens.

Undated

Ongoing

World population

- 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

Births

1955 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1955
MCMLV
Ab urbe condita2708
Armenian calendar1404
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Bah' calendar111 – 112
Buddhist calendar2499
Chinese calendar4591/4651-8-6
(甲午年八月初六日)
— to —
4592/4652-6-16
(乙未年六月十六日)
Coptic calendar1671 – 1672
Ethiopian calendar1947 – 1948
Hebrew calendar 5715 – 5716
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2010 – 2011
 - Shaka Samvat1877 – 1878
 - Kali Yuga5056 – 5057
Holocene calendar11955
Iranian calendar1333 – 1334
Islamic calendar1374 – 1375
Japanese calendarShōwa 0
(昭和0年)
 - Imperial YearKōki 2615
(皇紀2615年)
Julian calendar2000
Korean calendar4288
Thai solar calendar2498
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January-February

March-April

May-June

July-August

September-October

November-December

Deaths

:(See 1955 list of deaths by name: .)

January-June

July-December

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Sept.30: James Dean.

Nobel prizes

Notes



External links

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Events

  • 366 - Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.

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José Antonio Remón Cantera (1908 - 2 January, 1955), was president of Panama from 1 October 1952 until his murder — by machine-gun fire at a Panama City racetrack - on 2 January, 1955. He belonged to the National Patriotic Coalition (CNP).
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Himno Istmeño


Capital
(and largest city) Panama City

Official languages Spanish
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Panama City
Ciudad De Panamá
View of Panama City's skyline

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Province Panama
Districts 23 Panama boroughs
Founded August 15, 1519
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January 7 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

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Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8,1993),[1] was an American contralto, perhaps best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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