Historical figures in 1955
The atlas holds 85 people and 129 moments here, in 1955. The most recorded lives are William Faulkner, Tunku Abdul Rahman and Thomas Mann. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.
Notable people
Gherman Titov
in 1955
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Soviet Air Force pilot, cosmonaut, and later Russian politician. Titov flew Vostok 2 on 6–7 August 1961, becoming the second human to orbit Earth and…
Gough Whitlam
in 1955
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Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Grace Kelly
in 1955
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American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
Hebe Camargo
in 1955
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Brazilian television host, singer, actress, and radio performer widely known as the “Queen of Brazilian Television.” Born in Taubaté, she moved to…
Helen Keller
in 1955
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Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1955
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Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Isaac Asimov
in 1955
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American writer and biochemist best known for science fiction, popular-science writing, and the Foundation and Robot series.…
Jack Brabham
in 1955
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Australian racing driver, engineer, team owner and three-time Formula One World Champion. Brabham began in Australian speedcar racing, worked as a…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1955
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Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1955
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French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Jiang Zemin
in 1955
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Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
John Eccles
in 1955
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Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
John F. Kennedy
in 1955
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1955
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Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
J. R. R. Tolkien
in 1955
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Juan Manuel Fangio
in 1955
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Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Juan Perón
in 1955
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Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine army officer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and again from 1973 until his…
Julius Nyerere
in 1955
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Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1955
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American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Le Corbusier
in 1955
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Lê Đức Thọ
in 1955
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Vietnamese revolutionary, Communist Party leader, and diplomat. Born Phan Đình Khải, he was imprisoned by French colonial authorities, worked in…
Li Keqiang
in 1955
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Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Liu Xiaobo
in 1955
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Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1955
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American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Moments
- 1955 Hanseatic Goethe Prize address T. S. Eliot
- 1955 Secretary of the Bandung Conference U Thant
- 1955 Filming The Deep Blue Sea at Shepperton Vivien Leigh
- 1955 Shakespeare season at Stratford-upon-Avon Vivien Leigh
- 1955 Kilburn home and marriage V. S. Naipaul
- 1955 England leg of diplomatic tour William Faulkner
- 1955 France leg of diplomatic tour William Faulkner
- 1955 Germany leg of diplomatic tour William Faulkner
- 1955 Iceland leg of diplomatic tour William Faulkner
- 1955 Italy leg of diplomatic tour William Faulkner
- 1955 Philippines leg of diplomatic tour William Faulkner
- 1955 Baragwanath Hospital social worker Winnie Mandela
- 1955 Air-force pilot training Yuri Gagarin
- 1955 Asian-African Conference Zhou Enlai
- 1955 Admission to Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital Sadako Sasaki
- 1955 Birth in San Francisco Steve Jobs
- 1955 United Nations trusteeship appeal Julius Nyerere
- 1955 Dies at Princeton Hospital Albert Einstein
- 1955 Bandung Conference Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1955 Visit to Karachi before Bandung Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1955 United States delegation at Cannes Grace Kelly
- 1955 Afro-Asian Conference Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1955 Return to Zanaki homestead Julius Nyerere
- 1955 Marriage in Yvoy-le-Marron Olivia de Havilland
- 1955 Opening the Asian-African Conference Sukarno
- 1955 First solo flight at preparatory flying school Alexei Leonov
- 1955 Release and return to Havana Fidel Castro
- 1955 First meeting with Prince Rainier Grace Kelly
- 1955 Schiller address in Stuttgart Thomas Mann
- 1955 Schiller address in Weimar Thomas Mann
- 1955 Marriage in Krugersdorp Desmond Tutu
- 1955 State visit to Oslo Elizabeth II
- 1955 Honorary degree at Harvard Helen Keller
- 1955 Departure for Soviet, Chinese, and Mongolian visits Ho Chi Minh
- 1955 State visit to the Soviet Union Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1955 Plaza de Mayo during bombing attempt Juan Perón
- 1955 Observes the Freedom Charter's adoption Nelson Mandela
- 1955 Birth in Hefei Li Keqiang
- 1955 Move to Hollywood Stanley Kubrick
- 1955 Final vacation in Noordwijk Thomas Mann
- 1955 Transfer to Zürich hospital Thomas Mann
- 1955 Chief-ministerial consultation at King's House Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1955 Election-eve stay in Alor Setar Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1955 Election-night arrival in Kuala Lumpur Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1955 Election-night stay at Eastern Hotel Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1955 Disneyland opening and dedication Walt Disney
- 1955 Travels to Moscow for medical treatment Diego Rivera
- 1955 Move to Stavropol Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1955 Emmett Till meeting Rosa Parks
- 1955 Beginning to fold cranes in hospital Sadako Sasaki