About the day » Thursday January 20, 1955Calender converter

• N N Piest, Eesveen († 1955)
• Agnes Maria Elisabeth van der Meer, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2010)
• Ineke van der Tholen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Kind van der Toorn, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• theodoor henricus peter maria (theo) vullings, helden-beringe
• Gary Lynn France, Grand Haven Michigan ( Usa) († 1955)
• Geert van Essen († 2016)
• Inneke van den Tholen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Walter Mols, Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2003)
• Agnes Maria Elisabeth van der Meer, Den Burg († 2010)

• Anna Hendrika Dalhuizen (77), Nijbroek, Voorst, Nederland
• Arie MAK (79), Ridderkerk
• Berendina Bredhouwer (80), Velp (Rheden)
• Antje Bakker (77), Enkhuizen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Teunis de Vries (41)
• Andreas Lausen (73)
• Anna Maria Tepe (37), New Orleans, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Leonarda Hermina Lamme (42), 's-Gravenhage
• Carolina Hendrika Wilhelmina Philippina Lievegoed (80), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aline Hoeller (50), Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Verenigde Staten

• 1952 » John Witherow, South African-English journalist and author
• 1952 » Nikos Sideris, Greek psychiatrist and poet
• 1952 » Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1953 » Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender († 2019)
• 1954 » Alison Seabeck, English lawyer and politician
• 1955 » McKeeva Bush, Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands
• 1956 » Bill Maher, American comedian, political commentator, media critic, television host, and producer
• 1956 » John Naber, American swimmer
• 1956 » Maria Larsson, Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs
• 1957 » Andy Sheppard, English saxophonist and composer

• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)
• 1971 » Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)

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.
• June 11 » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
• September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
• December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
• December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

The temperature on January 20, 1955 was between -9.3 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -5.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.