About the day » Friday August 12, 1955Calender converter

• Willy-Jan (Willy) Otto, Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland († 2013)
• Susan Nobbe, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2016)
• Magdalena Maria de Boer, Bussum († 2000)
• Karen Ann Blakely, Ontario, Canada
• Johan Marinus Blok, Heerde († 1955)
• Janny Pieternella Kleppe († 2013)
• Frits Linde
• Klasina Maria Betjes († 1980)
• Marianne Steffers († 1995)
• Linze Hendriks Boonstra († 1997)

• Adriana van de Pol (55), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• * Adrianus de Valk (72), Sittard
• Aggeus Marinus Johan Ackerstaff (68), Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ada Ann Elizabeth WALKER (85), Parkham, Tasmania, Australia
• Aaltje Schoeman (87), Ede
• Carl Fredrik Kullgren (81), Stockholm, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden
• Alexander Maria Israël (48), Schaijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Car Leander Place (63), Dixon, Lee, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana van de Pol (55), Utrecht
• Augustinus Laheij (69), Maastricht

• 1954 » François Hollande, French lawyer and politician, 24th President of France
• 1954 » Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Hungary
• 1954 » Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• 1954 » Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist and composer
• 1954 » Rob Borbidge, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Queensland
• 1954 » Sam J. Jones, American actor
• 1956 » Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor and producer
• 1956 » Lee Freedman, Australian horse trainer
• 1956 » Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1957 » Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer

• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1955 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1964 » Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (b. 1923)
• 1967 » Esther Forbes, American historian and author (b. 1891)

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. Gerda
15. Marie
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.
• January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
• April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
• September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
• November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.

The temperature on August 12, 1955 was between 14.1 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.