About the day » Monday April 4, 1955Calender converter

• Henk Keizer, Broek op L'dijk († 1988)
• Hendrik Keizer, Langedijk, Nederland († 1988)
• Antonius Jacobus BEENTJES, Uitgeest († 2008)
• Wilhelmina Antonetta Maria van der Heijden, Gilze
• NN Zaal, Woerden {UT} († 1955)
• Antonius Jacobus Beentjes, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Pedro Henrique Nigro, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 1993)
• Anna Cornelia Apoline Karin Valkier, Kortgene († 2006)
• Anke Hijlkema, Twello,Gemeente Voorst,Gelderland,Nederland († 2013)
• Marc Gijsens, Sint-Truiden, België († 2004)

• * Arie Marinus Zanen (71), Schelluinen
• Annechien Kroeze (78), Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, NL
• Aaltje Moerman (89), gravenhage
• Camiel Cyrille SEGERS (68), Menen,8930,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Clarence Farnsworth (75), Sweet Grass, Montana United States of America
• Adriana Theodora Maria van Mierlo (45), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Adolphine REDDINGIUS (81), Bussum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Tap (58), Den Haag
• Arie Marinus Zanen (71)
• Agnes Campbell (77), Hobart, Lake, Indiana, Verenigde Staten

• 1953 » Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer
• 1953 » Henry Fotheringham, South African cricketer
• 1953 » Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
• 1953 » Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician, 31st Lord Mayor of Belfast
• 1953 » Simcha Jacobovici, Canadian director, producer, journalist, and author
• 1956 » David E. Kelley, American screenwriter and producer
• 1956 » Evelyn Hart, Canadian ballerina
• 1956 » Tom Herr, American baseball player and manager
• 1957 » Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Paul Downton, English cricketer

• 1944 » Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect (b. 1878)
• 1951 » George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1957 » E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Johnny Stompanato, American soldier and bodyguard (b. 1925)
• 1961 » Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1967 » Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated)(b. 1929)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. John
10. Petrus
11. Gerrit
12. Dirk
13. David
14. Adrianus
15. Johan
16. Jacobus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Yvonne
11. Petronella
12. Marianne
13. Margaretha
14. Marie
15. Gerda
16. Helena

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
• February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
• May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
• December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.

The temperature on April 4, 1955 was between 6.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.