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1955 Calendar

1955 Calendar

January
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     
February
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728     
March
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
April
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
May
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
June
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  
July
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930 
October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930   
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031

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1955 Historical Event(s)

  •  January 24, 1955 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Sheep in Chinese astrology.
  •  April 15, 1955 – McDonald’s restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois
  •  April 19, 1955 – The German automaker Volkswagen, after six years of selling cars in the United States, founds Volkswagen of America in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to standardize its dealer and service network.
  •  May 12, 1955 – Nineteen days after bus workers went on strike in Singapore, rioting breaks out and seriously impacts Singapore’s bid for independence.
  •  May 18, 1955 – Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
  •  July 27, 1955 – The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
  •  October 3, 1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC.
  •  November 4, 1955 – After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio.
  •  December 5, 1955 – The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO.
  •  December 14, 1955 – Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.

Who Were Born On 1955?

  •  January 26, 1955 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American musician (Van Halen)
  •  January 30, 1955 – Mychal Thompson, Bahamian basketball player
  •  February 22, 1955 – Gordon Banks, American guitarist
  •  March 3, 1955 – Darnell Williams, British actor
  •  March 5, 1955 – Julien Dray, French politician
  •  March 13, 1955 – Glenne Headly, American actress
  •  March 22, 1955 – Pete Sessions, American politician
  •  June 7, 1955 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (d. 1989)
  •  August 19, 1955 – Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager
  •  December 16, 1955 – Xander Berkeley, American actor