About the day » Friday August 12, 1955Calender converter

• Colin Robert Morley, Traralgon, Victoria, Australia († 1955)
• Janny Pieternella Kleppe († 2013)
• helena francisca maria (lenie) hoebers, helden-beringe
• Klaas van Ooijen, Nieuwland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Frits Linde
• Chris A. G. Wielders, Einighausen, Nederland († 2002)
• Cornelis Dirk (Kees) Filius, Kats, Nederland († 2011)
• Hans(Willem Johan) Lubberding († 2013)
• Johan Marinus Blok, Heerde († 1955)
• Richard Lee EUWEMA, Long Beach Los Angeles County California U.S.A († 2004)

• Anna Maria Rust (58), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Engelbertus Gernaert (62), Oostburg, ZL.NL
• Antje Broens (88), Sint Maarten
• Aaltje Schoeman (87), Ede
• Catharina Alida Broersen (42), Harenkarspel
• Catharina Maria Donk (74), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Woutrina van der Linden (68), Veghel 132
• Carl Clarence von Rosen (88), Stockholm (Zweden)
• Aaltje van Dijk (59), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Augustinus Lahey, Laheij (69), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1954 » François Hollande, French lawyer and politician, 24th President of France
• 1954 » Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Hungary
• 1954 » Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• 1954 » Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist and composer
• 1954 » Rob Borbidge, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Queensland
• 1954 » Sam J. Jones, American actor
• 1956 » Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor and producer
• 1956 » Lee Freedman, Australian horse trainer
• 1956 » Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1957 » Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer

• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1955 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1964 » Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (b. 1923)
• 1967 » Esther Forbes, American historian and author (b. 1891)

• 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 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
• April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.

The temperature on August 12, 1955 was between 14.1 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.