* 1955 – Rob Epstein, American filmmaker and journalist

* 1955 – Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian serial killer

* 1955 – Cathy Jones, Canadian comedian

* 1955 – Blind Mississippi Morris, American blues musician

* 1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor

* 1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.

* 1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist

* 1955 – Dimitra Liani, Greek air hostess, widow of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou

* 1955 – Laura Fygi, Dutch singer

* 1955 – Robert Richardson, American cinematographer

* 1955 – Diana Scarwid, American actress

* 1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.

* 1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet ( d. 1955 )

* 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer ( d. 2008 )

* 1955 – Rusty Magee, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* 1955 – Peter Schmuck, American columnist

* 1955 – John E. Sweeney, American politician

* 1955 – Keith Ahlers, English race car driver

* 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver

* 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English director

* 1865 – John Radecki, Australian artist ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Caleb Carr, American author and historian

* 1955 – Tim Dunigan, American actor

* 1955 – Tony Godden, English footballer

" Krav maga " lesson in paratrooper school in Israel, 1955.

By 1955, Egypt sponsoring of the Palestinian fedayeen ( self-sacrificer ) raids cause Israel to cease attending the Egyptian MAC and stepped up raids into the Gaza Strip and Sinai, which result Egypt arm the fedayeen.

From 21 September 1955, the Egypt / Israel Demilitarized Zone was occupied by Israel armed forces, Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and the Chief of Staff UNTSO had engaged in efforts to secure the implementation of a plan for withdrawal of Israel armed forces and removal of Egyptian Forces from prohibited positions.

However, the Japanese government refrained from appointing a Minister Plenipotentiary to Israel until 1955.

Employed by the US State Department from 1945 to 1955 in a number of capacities, he was especially involved in the events leading up to and surrounding the establishment of Israel.

Although he was a Catholic, Tortelier was inspired by the ideals of the founders of the newly formed state of Israel in 1948, and in the years 1955 – 1956 spent some time living with his wife and two children in the kibbutz Maabarot, near Netanya.

After a particularly criticized raid by Israel against Egyptian forces in Gaza in 1955, Nasser realized that he could not legitimately portray himself as the leader of pan-Arab nationalism if he could not defend his country militarily against Israel.

* Avraham Grant ( b. 1955 in Petah Tikva ), former coach of Israel national football team and Chelsea F. C.

* Steinitz, Heinz ( 1955 ): Occurrence of Discoglossus nigriventer in Israel.

In 1955, he was decorated with Tzalash HaRamatkal and in 1958, Gal was the first person to receive the Israel Security Award, presented to him by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion for his work on the Uzi.

Protests at this action reached the Supreme Court of Israel, which in 1955 accepted ( HCJ 30 / 55 ) the government's word that the sole purpose of the land was to erect government facilities.

Since then, the Conference has met at Paris, France ( 1949 ); London, England ( 1952 ); Stockholm, Sweden ( 1955 ); Toronto, Ontario ( 1958 ); Jerusalem, Israel ( 1961 ); Helsinki, Finland ( 1964 ); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ( 1967 ); Dallas, Texas ( 1970 ); Seoul, Korea ( 1973 ); London, England ( 1976 ); Vancouver, British Columbia ( 1979 ); Nairobi, Kenya ( 1982 ); Zurich, Switzerland ( 1985 ); Singapore ( 1989 ); Oslo, Norway ( 1992 ); Jerusalem, Israel ( 1995 ), Seoul, Korea ( 1998 ), and Los Angeles, California ( 2001 ).

It was only after Israel's raid on an Egyptian military outpost in Gaza in February 1955 that the Egyptian government began to actively sponsor, train, and arm the Palestinian volunteers from Gaza as Fedayeen units which committed raids into Israel.

In 1956, the Mizrachi party and Hapoel HaMizrachi merged to form the National Religious Party to advance the rights of religious Jews in Israel, having fought the 1955 election together as the National Religious Front.

From 1955, after the Bank of Israel was established and took over the duty of issuing banknotes, only the Hebrew name was used, along with the symbol " I £".

The Bank of Israel began note production in 1955, also issuing notes for 500 pruta, 1, 5, 10 and 50 lirot.

Churchill was succeeded in 1955 by Sir Anthony Eden, whose premiership was dominated by the Suez Crisis, in which Britain, France and Israel plotted to bomb Egypt after its President Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal.

U Nu with Moshe Dayan during his visit to Israel in 1955.

Ben-Ami was born in Tangiers, Morocco, on 7 July 1943, and immigrated to Israel in 1955.

JIR was founded in Israel in 1955 by virologist Alexander Kohn and physicist Harry J. Lipkin, who wanted a humor magazine about science, for scientists.