1955

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From top to bottom, left to right: PLA troops assaulting Nationalist positions in Battle of Yijiangshan Islands; The Freedom Charter memorial in Kliptown, Soweto.; Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California; Weather map of Hurricane Diane as it neared North Carolina; Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after her arrest for boycotting public transportation; Saigon City Hall display The results of the 1955 State of Vietnam referendum; the Conference that during which the Warsaw Pact was established and signed; Plenary session during the Bandung Conference.
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1955 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1955
MCMLV
Ab urbe condita 2708
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Baháʼí calendar 111–112
Balinese saka calendar 1876–1877
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Berber calendar 2905
British Regnal year 3  Eliz. 2   4  Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2499
Burmese calendar 1317
Byzantine calendar 7463–7464
Chinese calendar 甲午年 (Wood  Horse)
4652 or 4445
     to 
乙未年 (Wood  Goat)
4653 or 4446
Coptic calendar 1671–1672
Discordian calendar 3121
Ethiopian calendar 1947–1948
Hebrew calendar 5715–5716
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民國44年
Nanakshahi calendar 487
Thai solar calendar 2498
Tibetan calendar 阳木马年
(male Wood-Horse)
2081 or 1700 or 928
     to 
阴木羊年
(female Wood-Goat)
2082 or 1701 or 929

1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1955th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 955th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade.

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August

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August 19: Hurricane Diane

September

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September 18: Britain annexes Rockall

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October 26: Austria free

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Eddie Van Halen
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John Roberts
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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Mychal Thompson

February

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Steve Jobs
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Leann Hunley
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March

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Gary Sinise
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Jair Bolsonaro
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Bruce Willis
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Mariano Rajoy
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Reba McEntire
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April

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Michael Rooker
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Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
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Judy Davis
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John Nunn
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Eddie Jobson
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Kate Mulgrew

May

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Tom Bergeron
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Big Van Vader
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Bill Paxton
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James Gosling
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Rosanne Cash
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Richard Schiff
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Tommy Emmanuel
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Susie Essman

June

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Dana Carvey
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Sam Simon
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Tim Richmond
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Griffin Dunne
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Laurie Metcalf
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Michel Platini
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Isabelle Adjani
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee

July

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Li Keqiang
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Lindsey Graham
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Jimmy Smits
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Adrienne King
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Dannel Malloy
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Béla Tarr
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Willem Dafoe
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Iman
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Asif Ali Zardari

August

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Billy Bob Thornton
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Richard Hilton
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Apisai Ielemia
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Mike Huckabee
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Sergey Khlebnikov

September

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Billy Blanks
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John Kricfalusi
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Edward Hibbert
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Charles Martinet
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Zucchero Fornaciari

October

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Tommy Wiseau
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Yo-Yo Ma
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Bill Gates
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Indra Nooyi

November

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Kris Jenner
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Maria Shriver
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Roland Emmerich
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Whoopi Goldberg
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Guillermo Lasso
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Bill Nye
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Howie Mandel

December

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Xander Berkeley
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Jane Kaczmarek

Deaths

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Hans Hedtoft

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Sir Alexander Fleming

April

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Albert Einstein

May

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Mary McLeod Bethune

June

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Walter Hampden

July

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Adolfo de la Huerta

August

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Carmen Miranda

September

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James Dean

October

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José Ortega y Gasset

November

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1949</span> Calendar year

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1948</span> Calendar year

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1946</span> Calendar year

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968</span> Calendar year

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1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1961st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 961st year of the 2nd millennium, the 61st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1960s decade.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1979</span> Calendar year

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1953</span> Calendar year

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