About the day » Thursday August 11, 1955Calender converter

• Laverle Desiree Asmus, Salt Lake City († 1997)
• Marie-Antoinette Helene Breur, Nijmegen († 2015)
• Susan Isabelle Burgi, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Shirley Joan Dibbet, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Rien Hereijgers
• Theo Bakker († 1966)
• Maria Sjoerdje Agnes de Jong, Maastricht († 1980)
• Jan de Lange, Steenwijk († 2022)
• Middendorp, Groningen († 1955)
• Margolein Groenewegen, Schiedam (Zuid-Holland) († 2011)

• Adriaan van Winkelen (45), Den Haag, Nederland
• Cornelis Leenderts * Kölder (71), Brielle
• Anna Cornelia Plasmans (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend van der Knaap (76), Wassenaar
• Albert THALEN (81), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus BOENS (88), Grembergen Belgie
• Middendorp (0), Groningen
• Annegie van der Wiele (72), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Cornelis Kusters (55), Deurne
• Cornelia Peters (67), Waltwilder

• 1953 » Hulk Hogan, American wrestler
• 1953 » Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
• 1954 » Bryan Bassett, American guitarist
• 1954 » Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1954 » Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1954 » Vance Heafner, American golfer and coach († 2012)
• 1954 » Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire
• 1955 » Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau
• 1955 » Sylvia Hermon, Northern Irish academic and politician
• 1956 » Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic

• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

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. Gerardus

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. Helena
16. Gerda

• 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.
• May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• 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.
• June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
• July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
• July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
• July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.

The temperature on August 11, 1955 was between 14.1 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.