Month December 1955 Calendar

About Month of December Calendar

• December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars. It is one of seven months with the length of 31 days. December is the first month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, December is the seasonal equivalent to June in the Northern hemisphere, which is the first month of summer. December is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
  
  December symbols: Its birth flower is the narcissus. The birthstones of December are the turquoise, zircon, and tanzanite. The zodiac signs for the month of December are Sagittarius (until December 21) and Capricorn (December 22 onwards).

Historical Events for December, 1955

• Day of Week 5th » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO.
• 5th » E.D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• Day of Week 10th » 'Mighty Mouse Playhouse' premieres on American television.
• Day of Week 14th » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–70) Cambodia, Dominion of Ceylon Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Republic of Ireland Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations.
• Day of Week 20th » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
• Day of Week 24th » NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition.
• Day of Week 31st » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1955

• 1st » Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
• 1st » Pat Spillane, Irish footballer and sportscaster
• 1st » Mark Thompson (radio) e.g Mark Thompson, American radio host and actor
• 3rd » Steven Culp, American actor
• 3rd » Warren Jeffs, American religious leader
• 4th » Philip Hammond, English politician, 21st Secretary of State for Defence
• 4th » Dave Taylor (ice hockey) or Dave Taylor, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 4th » Cassandra Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (M-Base)
• 6th » Anne Begg, Scottish educator and politician
• 6th » Rick Buckler, English drummer (The Jam, The Highliners, and Time UK (band) called Time UK)
• 6th » Steven Wright, American actor and screenwriter
• 7th » Priscilla Barnes, American actress and producer
• 7th » John Watkins (Australian politician) e.g John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
• 8th » Kasim Sulton, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Blue Öyster Cult, Utopia (band) or Utopia, and The New Cars)
• 8th » Milenko Zablaćanski, Serbian actor, director, and scriptwriter (d. 2008)
• 9th » Otis Birdsong, American basketball player
• 9th » Chamras Saewataporn, Thai singer-songwriter
• 11th » Gene Grossman, American economist
• 11th » Stu Jackson, American basketball player, coach, and manager
• 11th » Christian Sackewitz, German footballer and manager
• 12th » Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Greek businesswoman
• 12th » Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist
• 12th » Stephen Smith (Australian politician) called Stephen Smith, Australian lawyer and politician, 53rd Minister of Defence (Australia) named Australian Minister of Defence
• 15th » Hector Sants, English banker
• 15th » Paul Simonon, English singer-songwriter and bass player (The Clash and Havana 3am)
• 16th » Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
• 16th » Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
• 16th » Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
• 17th » Brad Davis (basketball) or Brad Davis, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 18th » Vijay Mallya, Indian businessman and politician
• 19th » Lincoln Hall (climber) called Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (d. 2012)
• 19th » Rob Portman, American lawyer and politician
• 20th » David Breashears, American mountaineer, director, and producer
• 20th » Ed Kuepper, German-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Saints (band) or The Saints, Laughing Clowns, and The Apartments)
• 20th » Rory Markas, American sportscaster (d. 2010)
• 21st » Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
• 21st » Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (Southern All Stars)
• 22nd » Lonnie Smith, American baseball player
• 23rd » Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright
• 24th » Grand L. Bush, American actor
• 24th » Scott Fischer, American mountaineer and guide (d. 1996)
• 24th » Clarence Gilyard, American actor and educator
• 25th » Brett Vroman, American basketball player
• 26th » Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana
• 27th » E. E. Bell, American actor
• 27th » Brad Murphey, Australian race car driver
• 27th » Barbara Olson, American journalist and author (d. 2001)
• 28th » Stephen Frost, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 28th » Liu Xiaobo, Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Peace Prize called Nobel Prize laureate
• 30th » Dindo Yogo, Congolese singer (Viva La Musica, Langa Langa Stars, and Zaiko Langa Langa) (d. 2000)

Famous Deaths for December 1955

• 3rd » Cow Cow Davenport, American singer and pianist (b. 1894)
• 4th » József Galamb, Hungarian engineer (b. 1881)
• 5th » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
• 6th » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 13th » Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 22nd » Jules De Bisschop, Belgian rower (b. 1879)
• 27th » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral (b. 1881)
• 30th » Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913)

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