About the day » Saturday July 23, 1955Calender converter

• Marie José Fitters, Oosterhout († 1955)
• Robert Lee York, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Joop Schimmel, Doetinchem († 2006)
• Albertus van den Brink, De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Yvonne Minkema, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• NN Ulijn, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Robertus Christiaan Antonius Kuijpers, Horst († 1958)
• mathijs peter (mat) stammen, helden-beringe
• George Hugh McDonald DNA999Y- link to Andrea Eccles- new line linked Nedham, Tulloch, Levien- June 2023, Jamaica († 2002)
• Johan Leonard Cabaret, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)

• Anthonius Cornelis Oleff (52), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Nieuwsma (76), hallum
• Anna Margaretha van Lier (63), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Albrecht Franz VON ÖSTERREICH (57)
• Albrecht Franz von Habsburg-Lothringen (57), Buenos Aires
• Albertdina Johanna van der Kolk (62), Zwolle
• Andries Bouke Gerritsz Salm (66), Purmerend
• Alexander Mashburn (86), Oklahoma, United States of America
• Adrianus Johannes Josephus van Oudheusden (61), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriana Willemina Sofia Mantel (76), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1952 » Bill Nyrop, American ice hockey player and coach († 1995)
• 1952 » Janis Siegel, American jazz singer (The Manhattan Transfer)
• 1952 » John Rutsey, Canadian drummer († 2008)
• 1952 » Paul Hibbert, Australian cricketer and coach († 2008)
• 1953 » Graham Gooch, English cricketer and coach
• 1953 » Najib Razak, Malaysian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia
• 1957 » Jo Brand, English comedian, actress, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Nikos Galis, American basketball player
• 1957 » Quentin Willson, English TV presenter, Top Gear.
• 1957 » Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2004)

• 1942 » Adam Czerniaków, Polish engineer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Andy Ducat, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
• 1948 » D. W. Griffith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician and diplomat, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
• 1951 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (b. 1856)
• 1951 » Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Herman Groman, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Bob Shiring, American football player and coach (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)

• 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 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
• July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
• July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
• August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
• October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.

The temperature on July 23, 1955 was between 12.2 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.