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1955 (''' MCMLV ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday of the Gregorian Calendar .
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
- July 17 - Disneyland opens.
- July 18 - The first atomic-generated electrical power is sold commercially.
- July 18 - Illinois's Govenor William Stratton signs Loyalty Oath Act that mandates all public employees take a loyalty oath or lose their jobs.
- July 18 - Beginning of Geneva Summit between US, USSR, UK, and France.
- July 23 - Geneva Summit between US, USSR, UK, and France ends.
August
September
October
November
December
Births
January
- January 2 - Tex Brashear , American voice actor
- January 6 - Rowan Atkinson , English comedian and actor
- January 12 - Rockne O'Bannon , writer and television producer
- January 13 - Jay McInerney , American writer
- January 15 - Nigel Benson , British author and illustrator
- January 17 - Steve Earle , American musician
- January 18 - Kevin Costner , American actor
- January 19 - Simon Rattle , English conductor
- January 25 - Terry Chimes , British drummer ( The Clash )
- January 26 - Edward Van Halen , Dutch-born musician
- January 27 - John Roberts , Chief Justice Of The United States
- January 27 - Alexander Stuart , British author of The War Zone
February
- February 3 - Stephen Euin Cobb , American novelist
- February 8 - John Grisham , American novelist
- February 10 - Chris Adams , British professional wrestler (d. 2001 )
- February 10 - Greg Norman , Australian golfer
- February 12 - Arsenio Hall , American actor and talk show host
- February 15 - Christopher McDonald , American actor
- February 19 - Jeff Daniels , American actor
- February 20 - Kelsey Grammer , American actor
- February 23 - Howard Jones , English musician
- February 24 - Alain Prost , French race car driver
- February 24 - Steve Jobs , American computer pioneer
March
- March 5 - Penn Jillette , American magician and comedian
- March 6 - Alberta Watson , Canadian actress
- March 7 - Tommy Kramer , American football player
- March 15 - Dee Snider , American singer
- March 16 - Jiro Watanabe , Japanese boxer
- March 16 - Bruno Barreto , Brazilian film director
- March 17 - Gary Sinise , American actor
- March 19 - Bruce Willis , American actor
- March 22 - Pete Sessions , American politician
- March 23 - Moses Malone , American basketball player
- March 28 - John Alderdice , Northern Irish politician
- March 28 - Reba McEntire , American singer and actress
- March 29 - Earl Campbell , American football star
- March 31 - Angus Young , Scottish-born lead guitarist for AC/DC .
April
May
- May 1 - Ray Buttigieg , Maltese composer and poet
- May 2 - Dave Winer , American software pioneer
- May 3 - David Hookes , Australian cricketer (d. 2004 )
- May 3 - Steve Jones , English guitarist ( Sex Pistols )
- May 6 - Tom Bergeron , American television host
- May 9 - Anne-Sofie Von Otter , Swedish mezzo-soprano
- May 10 - Chris Berman , American sports broadcaster
- May 10 - Mark David Chapman , American assassin of John Lennon
- May 16 - Olga Korbut , Russian gymnast
- May 16 - Jack Morris , baseball player
- May 16 - Hazel O'Connor , British singer
- May 16 - Debra Winger , American actress
- May 17 - Bill Paxton , American actor
- May 18 - Chow Yun-Fat , Hong Kong actor
- May 19 - James Gosling , Canadian software engineer
- May 20 - Zbigniew Preisner , Polish film composer
- May 21 - Paul Barber , British field hockey player
- May 21 - Stan Lynch , American drummer, songwriter, and producer
- May 26 - Masaharu Morimoto , Japanese chef
- May 26 - Doris Dörrie , German actress and screenplay writer
- May 28 - John McGeoch , Scottish musician ( Siouxsie And The Banshees and Public Image Ltd. ) (d. 2004 )
- May 30 - Topper Headon , British drummer ( The Clash )
June
- June 2 - Dana Carvey , American actor and comedian
- June 7 - Tim Richmond , American race car driver (d. 1989 )
- June 8 - Tim Berners-Lee , English inventor of the World Wide Web
- June 12 - Paul O'Grady , English talk show host and comedian
- June 13 - Larry Mike Garmon , American author
- June 20 - Tor Norretranders , Danish author
- June 21 - Tim Bray , Canadian computer programmer
- June 26 - Mick Jones , British guitarist ( The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite )
- June 27 - Isabelle Adjani , French actress
- June 30 - David Alan Grier , American actor and comedian
July
August
September
October
November
- November 3 - Phil Simms , American football player
- November 4 - Matti Vanhanen , Prime Minister Of Finland
- November 6 - Maria Shriver , American journalist
- November 7 - Detlef Ultsch , German judoka
- November 9 - Karen Dotrice , English actress
- November 13 - Whoopi Goldberg , American actress, comedienne, and singer
- November 21 - Kyle Gann , American composer and music critic
- November 23 - Steven Brust , American author
- November 24 - Ian Botham , British cricketer
December
Deaths
January
March
April
May
July
August
September
October
November
December
Nobel prizes
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