* 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

* 1955 – Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot " Wasp " is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1. 2 kilotons.

* Operation Future ( 1955 )

* Operation Teapot — 1955

In 1955, a Civil Defense experiment ( called Operation Cue in the press ) studied nuclear blast effects on various building types ; a few structures still stand.

Moreover, the early balloon and leaflet operations initiated by the National Committee for Free Europe during Nagy's first term as Hungarian prime minister ( 1953 – 1955 )— namely " Operation Focus "— arguably antagonized Nagy and spawned a stern neutralism ( later, hostility ) toward him among U. S. diplomats and RFE broadcasters during the crisis.

The raid on these dams in May 1943 ( Operation Chastise ) was immortalised in Paul Brickhill's 1951 book The Dam Busters and the 1955 film of the same name.

As part of the multinational collaboration for the International Geophysical Year ( IGY ) 1957 – 58, Byrd commanded the U. S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I in 1955 – 56, which established permanent Antarctic bases at McMurdo Sound, the Bay of Whales, and the South Pole.

In early 1955, a United States Operation Mission was set up in Laos.

Crossroads Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep water shot conducted in 1955 off the California coast.

It was later active during Operation Passage to Freedom after the Geneva Accords of 1955.

Three New Zealand observers with the task of selecting the site for a base went to McMurdo Sound with the United States “ Operation Deep Freeze I ” in the summer of 1955.

Members of 890th Paratroop Battalion after Operation Egged ( November 1955 ).

In 1955 and 1960 Tohra was put behind bars in connection with Punjabi Suba agitations, in 1973 in connection with Kisan agitation in Haryana, in 1975, under MISA and under NSA and TADA and religious matters, including Dharam Yudh Morcha and Operation Blue Star ( 1984 ).

* Radio Electronics-December 1954 and January 1955, D. J. Tomcik, Missing Link in Speaker Operation

Operation Teapot was a series of fourteen nuclear test explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in the first half of 1955.

In 1955 two geologists of the Geological Survey of Canada, N. J. McMillan and Souther, traversed the interior as part of Operation Franklin.

It was conducted between Operation Teapot and Operation Redwing on May 14, 1955, about 500 miles southwest of San Diego, California.

His directing credits include Pushover ( 1954 ), My Sister Eileen ( 1955 ), Operation Mad Ball ( 1957 ), Bell, Book and Candle ( 1958 ), Strangers When We Meet ( 1960 ), The World of Suzie Wong ( 1960 ), and The Notorious Landlady ( 1962 ).

Rowan John Tink AM ( born 1955 ) is a former Australian Special Air Service officer whose identity was widely publicised after he was awarded the United States Bronze Star for his role commanding 150 SAS troopers in Afghanistan, notably during Operation Anaconda.

Raful Eitan ( kneeling, right ) with members of 890th Paratroop Battalion after Operation Egged ( November 1955 ).

During Operation Kinereth in 1955 he received a machine gun wound to his chest, while participating in a military raid into Syria.

The extent of the ice shelf was mapped in greater detail in 1955, using aerial photography obtained by US Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.

Operation Deep Freeze ( OpDFrz or ODF ) is the codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with " Operation Deep Freeze I " in 1955 – 56, followed by " Operation Deep Freeze II ", " Operation Deep Freeze III ", and so on.