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Birthday June 7, 1955

• The temperature on June 7, 1955 was between 11.0 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
  • April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
  • May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
  • August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
  • September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
  • December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Johnny Clegg, English- born South African singer-songwriter, guitarist and anthropologist († 2019)
• 1954 » Louise Erdrich, American novelist and poet
• 1955 » Tim Richmond, American race car driver († 1989)
• 1955 » William Forsythe, American actor and producer
• 1956 » L.A. Reid, American songwriter and producer, co-founded LaFace Records
• 1957 » Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer-songwriter and producer