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April 23, 1955Died on Sunday April 24, 1955
- Andries Marinus Steketee (90), Baarland, ZL, Nederland
- Adriaantje Kooiman (88), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Antje Hovinga (86), Berlikum
- Anneke van Ingen (60), Heteren, Gelderland, Nederland
- Slot (0), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
- Bartje de Reuver (60), Wijk bij Duurstede
- Adrianus Johannes Donders (72), Tilburg
- Arie van Beek (75)
- Aafke F. Hoitsma (95), Sint Annaparochie, Friesland, Netherlands
- Berendina Meerdink (97), Oostburg, Wisconsin
Born on April 24
- 1954 » Jack Blades, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1954 » Mumia Abu-Jamal, American journalist, activist, and convicted murderer
- 1955 » Bill Osborne, New Zealand rugby player
- 1955 » Eamon Gilmore, Irish trade union leader and politician, 25th Tánaiste of Ireland
- 1955 » Guy Nève, Belgian race car driver († 1992)
- 1955 » John de Mol Jr., Dutch businessman, co-founded Endemol
- 1955 » Margaret Moran, British politician and criminal
- 1955 » Marion Caspers-Merk, German politician
- 1955 » Michael O'Keefe, American actor
- 1956 » James A. Winnefeld, Jr., American admiral
Died on April 24
- 1945 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
- 1947 » Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
- 1947 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)
- 1948 » Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (b. 1863)
- 1954 » Guy Mairesse, French race car driver (b. 1910)
- 1960 » Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
- 1961 » Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1888)
- 1962 » Milt Franklyn, American composer (b. 1897)
- 1964 » Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895)
- 1965 » Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
Names that were popular for boys in 1955
- Johannes
- Jan
- Maria
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Peter
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Pieter
- John
- Robert
Names that were popular for girls in 1955
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Marie
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Ann
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Elizabeth
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.
- April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
- May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
- July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
- August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
- September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
- November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
The weather on Sunday April 24, 1955
The temperature on April 24, 1955 was between 1.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI