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
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1955
2 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Mother Teresa
in 1955
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Nawal El Saadawi
in 1955
1 moment here
Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, feminist writer, and activist whose life and work challenged patriarchal authority, gender-based violence,…
Neil Armstrong
in 1955
2 moments here
American naval aviator, research test pilot, NASA astronaut, aerospace administrator, and professor.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1955
3 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Ngô Đình Diệm
in 1955
1 moment here
Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…
Nikita Khrushchev
in 1955
1 moment here
Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Olivia de Havilland
in 1955
1 moment here
Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Osho
in 1955
1 moment here
Indian guru and founder of the Rajneesh movement, born Chandra Mohan Jain. His documented life moved between central and western India, the United…
Pablo Picasso
in 1955
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Pol Pot
in 1955
1 moment here
Cambodian communist revolutionary and dictator, born Saloth Sâr. As leader of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and Democratic Kampuchea, he oversaw a…
Raisa Gorbacheva
in 1955
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Robert Mugabe
in 1955
1 moment here
Zimbabwean nationalist leader, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and President from 1987 to 2017.…
Rosa Parks
in 1955
5 moments here
American civil-rights activist whose lifelong work against racial segregation included local NAACP organizing in Montgomery, the 1955 bus protest and…
Sadako Sasaki
in 1955
3 moments here
Japanese schoolgirl and Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivor. Aged two when the bomb detonated over Hiroshima, she later developed leukemia, was…
Saint-John Perse
in 1955
1 moment here
Saint-John Perse was the pen name of Alexis Léger, a French poet and diplomat. Born in Guadeloupe, he spent formative years in Pau and Bordeaux,…
Salvador Dalí
in 1955
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Sebastián Piñera
in 1955
1 moment here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Siad Barre
in 1955
1 moment here
Mohammed Siad Barre was a Somali military officer and president of Somalia from 1969 to 1991.…
Simone de Beauvoir
in 1955
1 moment here
French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Born and died in Paris, Beauvoir studied philosophy in Paris,…
Soong Mei-ling
in 1955
1 moment here
Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was a Chinese political figure and wife of Chiang Kai-shek.…
Stanley Kubrick
in 1955
2 moments here
American filmmaker and photographer whose career began in New York photojournalism, expanded through Hollywood productions and European location…
Steve Jobs
in 1955
1 moment here
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and executive who co-founded Apple, founded NeXT, and led Pixar.…
Sukarno
in 1955
1 moment here
Sukarno (1901–1970) was an Indonesian nationalist, revolutionary, engineer, and the first president of Indonesia.…
Moments
- 1955 Death in Zürich Thomas Mann
- 1955 First broadcast as chief minister Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1955 Received at the Federal Secretariat Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1955 Nagano Seminar moderator William Faulkner
- 1955 Tokyo arrival during Japanese cultural mission William Faulkner
- 1955 Marriage to Hilda Gadea in Mexico Che Guevara
- 1955 Heart attack in Colorado Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1955 First Brazil cap Garrincha
- 1955 Debut of O Mundo é das Mulheres Hebe Camargo
- 1955 Guest of honor at Clevention Isaac Asimov
- 1955 Flight into exile aboard ARP Paraguay Juan Perón
- 1955 Proceeds to Cape Town Nelson Mandela
- 1955 Travels through Transkei Nelson Mandela
- 1955 Grand Ole Opry appearance Elvis Presley
- 1955 Herter Lectures John Eccles
- 1955 First O'Donnell Lecture J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1955 Return to Dar es Salaam for nationwide campaigning Julius Nyerere
- 1955 Proclamation of the Republic Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1955 Death at Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital Sadako Sasaki
- 1955 Japan trip for National Museum project Le Corbusier
- 1955 Meeting Dag Hammarskjöld in New York Saint-John Perse
- 1955 University of Minnesota scholarship Christiaan Barnard
- 1955 Attendance at UN human-rights message reading Gabriela Mistral
- 1955 Birth in Changchun Liu Xiaobo
- 1955 Leads Holt Street mass meeting Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1955 Arrest and detention at Montgomery City Hall Rosa Parks
- 1955 Boarding the bus at Court Square Rosa Parks
- 1955 Trial at Montgomery City Hall Rosa Parks
- 1955 Baling Talks Tunku Abdul Rahman