About the day » Wednesday November 23, 1955Calender converter

• Roene Gurr, Salina, Sevier, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• maria johanna martina (marion) wilms, helden-beringe
• Harold Toppings († 2014)
• Hubertus Wilhelmus Johannes van den Biggelaar, Geldrop († 2020)
• Adriana Alegonda Cornelia Kalishoek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Yannick WALLART, Illies,59320,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 2017)
• Hendrika Cremer, Rotterdam († 1958)
• johanna gerarda maria (ann) heijnen, helden-beringe
• Maria van Lanen, Deursen († 2009)
• Cornelis Belder († 1998)

• Anna Maria Kuijpers (94), Sittard
• Abraham van Beelen (80), Katwijk
• Anna van Leeuwen (77), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anneke Opheikens (67), Enschede
• Abraham Stuiver (85), Vledder,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Agatha RIDDERHOF (92), Delft
• Antje Visser (73), Sliedrecht
• Anna Catharina van Sikkelerus (83), Vogelwaarde, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus van Mierlo (78), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Marinus Dieleman (81), Zaamslag

• 1954 » Aavo Pikkuus, Estonian cyclist
• 1954 » Bruce Hornsby, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1954 » Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
• 1954 » Pete Allen, English clarinet player and saxophonist
• 1955 » Dinos Kouis, Greek footballer and coach
• 1955 » Ludovico Einaudi, Italian pianist and composer
• 1955 » Mary Landrieu, American politician
• 1955 » Steven Brust, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and author
• 1956 » Bruce Edgar, New Zealand cricketer
• 1956 » Shane Gould, Australian swimmer and coach

• 1937 » George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858)
• 1940 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Ernie Jones, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)
• 1966 » Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)

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. 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 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
• September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
• November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
• December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

The temperature on November 23, 1955 was between 4.4 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.