1955
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 - 1955 - 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Births:
- January 19 - Simon Rattle, conductor
- August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton, US actor
Deaths:
- March 11 - Sir Alexander Fleming, British discoverer of penicillin.
- April 18 - Albert Einstein, scientist.
- November 4 - Cy Young, US baseball player
- November 27 - Arthur Honegger, composer
Events:
- Dick Bruna draws Miffy for the first time
- Disneyland opened
- Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of Britain for the second time.
- Mattachine Society, one of the first gay rights organizations, founded in the City of New York