About the day » Wednesday August 3, 1955Calender converter

• Johannes BRUINS († 1955)
• Wanda Barends, Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• William Robinson
• Jacoba Elisabeth Ouwehand, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Neeltje Fokker, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland († 2015)
• Terry Ann Fisher, Missoula, Montana († 1960)
• Petrus Franciscus Maria van Iersel, 's-Hertogenbosch, NB Netherlands († 2006)
• Mariette SEGERS, Halle,1500,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2016)
• Marie Antoinette Berthe Juliette HANSOEL, Crisnée,4367,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 2018)
• Jacoba Elisabeth Ouwehand, Amsterdam († 2015)

• Abraham Mol (70), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Jozef Pauwels (83), Opwijk
• Dirk Arie Lamme (61), De Bilt
• Aletta Coenradina Cornelia Groeneveld (86)
• Doodgeboren kind de Bie (0), Vught
• Anna Maria van Horne (99), Heythuysen
• Berber Hendriks de Jong (78), Rinsumageest
• Aagje Middag (66), Hilversum
• * Johannes Pelders (81), Drunen
• Broer Sitenga (80), Augustinusga, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1953 » Ian Bairnson, Scottish saxophonist and keyboard player
• 1953 » Marlene Dumas, South African painter
• 1954 » Gary Peters, English footballer and manager
• 1954 » Michael Arthur, English physician and academic
• 1956 » Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1956 » Dave Cloud, American singer-songwriter and actor († 2015)
• 1956 » Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Todd Christensen, American football player and sportscaster († 2013)
• 1957 » Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer and manager
• 1957 » Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 11th New Zealand Minister of Conservation

• 1942 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)
• 1949 » Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Colette, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1958 » Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1968 » Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (b. 1896)

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. Gerardus

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

• 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.
• March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
• April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
• April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
• April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.

The temperature on August 3, 1955 was between 13.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 12.4 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.