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Born on Friday February 4, 1955
Died on Friday February 4, 1955

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 4, 1955 at Delpher


Born on February 4

Died on February 4
  • 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
  • 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
  • 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
  • 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
  • 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
  • 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
  • 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)
  • 1970 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (b. 1897)
  • 1974 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894)
  • 1975 » Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1908)

Names that were popular for boys in 1955
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1955
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1955
  • 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.
  • 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 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
  • October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
  • 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.
  • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
Weather February 4, 1955

The temperature on February 4, 1955 was between 2.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.

Source: KNMI