About the day » Thursday September 15, 1955Calender converter

• Carolyn A Martin († 1987)
• Cornelia Willemina Bos, Mijdrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Nicolaus Hinderikus Nolden-, Groningen, Nederland († 1957)
• Ton van der Pluijm, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Cornelis Bijl, Den Helder († 2009)
• Julie Ann Hassing, Minnesota († 1955)
• rosalie petronella johanna (roos) grommen, helden-beringe
• Janna "Carla" Neurink, Enschede
• Jan Wolter Buikema, Baflo († 1988)
• Joris Jozef Wybaillie, Roeselare († 2010)

• Adrianus Voogd (68), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clarissa Riley (82), Richmond, Cache, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Hendrikus Johannes van Betuw (73), Nijmegen
• Catharina Elisabeth van Ree (60), Soest
• Albert Klaasz van Urk (60), Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arie van Berkel (68), Delft
• Barteld de Vries (89), Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Catharina Johanna Rijk (71), Den Burg(Texel)
• Adriana Cornelia Zomers (92), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Cornelia Vlug (49), Soest,, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1953 » Keiko Takeshita, Japanese actress
• 1954 » Adrian Adonis, American wrestler († 1988)
• 1954 » Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist († 2007)
• 1955 » Željka Antunović, Croatian politician, 9th Croatian Minister of Defence
• 1955 » Abdul Qadir, Pakistani cricketer († 2019)
• 1955 » Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
• 1955 » Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel Clothing
• 1956 » Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
• 1956 » Ross J. Anderson, British academic and educator

• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1972 » Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)

• 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.
• January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
• April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• June 11 » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
• September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
• September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.

The temperature on September 15, 1955 was between 8.9 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.