About the day » Wednesday January 12, 1955Calender converter

• Larry Don GRAHAM († 2012)
• Erik Esveldt, Rotterdam († 1991)
• N.N. Geerts, Breda († 1955)
• Abco Bergsma, Witte Paarden († 2019)
• James Llewellyn FAIRHURST († 2018)
• Truus Rijsdijk, Dordrecht († 1994)
• Christa SEGERS, Roeselare,8800,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2012)
• Johannes Petrus Jozef Hoogervorst, Ter Aar († 1955)
• Henk Marinus Rodermond, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2004)
• Nanette Maria Wijshijer († 2002)

• Benjamin Franklin Boyd Sr. (72), Horry County,South Carolina
• Anna Margretha Mulder (60), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Augustus Christianus Michael Marie DE VRIES (56)
• Anna Ebbinge (94), Eelde, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alice Ada Alberta Tasker (70), Palmerston North, Palmerston North City, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
• Adriana van Kempen (81), Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van Osnabrugge (81), Enschede
• Alida Hendrika Reede (68), Rotterdam, ZH Netherlands
• Albert van Osnabrugge (82), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alexander James Heal (87), Perth, Towner, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten

• 1952 » John Walker, New Zealand runner and politician
• 1952 » Phil Perry, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1952 » Ricky Van Shelton, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Mary Harron, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1954 » Howard Stern, American radio host, actor, and author
• 1954 » Martin Kylhammar, Swedish professor of culture and society
• 1955 » Tom Ardolino, American rock drummer (NRBQ) († 2012)
• 1956 » Nikolai Noskov, Russian rock singer and singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Jeremy Sams, English director, playwright, and composer
• 1957 » John Lasseter, American animator, director, and producer

• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
• 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 1967 » Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)
• 1971 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)

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. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Yvonne
11. Petronella
12. Margaretha
13. Marianne
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.
• April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
• May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• 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.
• October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
• November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
• November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.

The temperature on January 12, 1955 was between -4.0 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.