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August 20, 1955
Died on Sunday August 21, 1955
- Aaltje Fredriks (80), Amsterdam
- Aaltje Smink (70), `s-Gravenhage, zh.nld
- Arthur F. Hoff (26), Springwater Township, Rock County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
- Barendina Van Drie (75), Utrecht
- Adriana Antonia Oosterling (77), raamsdonk (noord brabant)
- Aaltje Fredriks (80)
- Aart Schelven van (68), Carano (Italie)
- Albert Nijenhuis (81), Deventer
- Albert Nijenhuis (82), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
- Arendje van den Brand (83), Rockanje
Born on August 21
- 1952 » Bernadette Porter, English nun and educator
- 1952 » Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
- 1952 » Keith Hart, Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer
- 1953 » Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director
- 1954 » Archie Griffin, American football player
- 1954 » Mark Williams, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
- 1954 » Steve Smith, American drummer
- 1956 » Jon Tester, American farmer and politician
- 1956 » Kim Cattrall, English-Canadian actress
- 1957 » Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host († 2012)
Died on August 21
- 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
- 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
- 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
- 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
- 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
- 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
- 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
- 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
- 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)
- 1964 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)
Names that were popular for boys in 1955
- Johannes
- Jan
- Maria
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Peter
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Adrianus
- John
- Robert
Names that were popular for girls in 1955
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Marie
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- 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.
- May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
- June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
- July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
- October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
- October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
- October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
The weather on Sunday August 21, 1955
The temperature on August 21, 1955 was between 14.8 °C and 27.9 °C and averaged 22.2 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI