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HOW IT WORKS
1955 in Germany
Summary
Events in the year
1955 in
Germany
.
←
1954
1953
1952
1955
in
Germany
→
1956
1957
1958
Decades:
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
See also:
Other events of 1955
History of Germany
•
Timeline
•
Years
Incumbents
edit
President
–
Theodor Heuss
Chancellor
–
Konrad Adenauer
Events
edit
May 15 -
Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1955
June 24 - July 5 -
5th Berlin International Film Festival
July 2 -
Tierpark Berlin
opened.
July 15 - September 18 -
documenta 1
in Kassel
August 11 -
1955 Altensteig mid-air collision
September 20 -
Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR
Births
edit
4 January -
Wolfgang Tiefensee
, German politician
10 January –
Michael Schenker
, German guitarist, songwriter and producer
14 January -
Jan Fedder
, German actor (died
2019
)
16 January -
Martin Roth
, German museum director (died
2017
)
18 January -
Gerburg Jahnke
, German comedian
25 January -
Petra Gerster
, German journalist
1 February
Hans Werner Olm
, German comedian
Christian, Duke of Oldenburg
, head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg
10 February -
Bernd Martin
, German football player (died
2018
)
6 March -
Friedbert Pflüger
, German politician
8 March -
Thomas Bellut
, German journalist
11 March -
Nina Hagen
, German musician
21 March -
Bärbel Wöckel
, German sprinter
26 March -
Verena Butalikakis
, German politician (died
2018
)
13 April -
Ole von Beust
, German politician
29 April -
Klaus Siebert
, German biathlete (died
2016
)
15 May -
Claudia Roth
, German politician
15 May -
Alexander Pusch
, German fencer
26 May -
Doris Dörrie
, German film director
2 June -
Heiko von der Leyen
, German physician
10 June -
Annette Schavan
, German politician
11 June -
Marie Gruber
, German actress
25 June -
Martin Petzold
, German opera singer (died
2023
)
1 July -
Rosemarie Wenner
, German Methodist bishop
29 July -
Christian Tramitz
, German actor, comedian, voice actor and author
9 August -
Udo Beyer
, German track and field athlete
15 August -
Roger Willemsen
, German author, essayist and TV presenter (died
2016
)
20 August -
Helge Schneider
, German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor
25 August -
Gerd Müller
, German politician
2 September -
Claus Kleber
, German journalist
14 September -
Wilhelm Huxhorn
, German footballer (died
2010
)
20 September
Georg Christoph Biller
, German choral conductor (died
2022
)
Lilo Wanders
, German transvestite entertainer, comedian and theatre/television host
22 September -
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
, German football player and trainer
25 September -
Peter Müller
, German politician
25 September -
Richy Müller
, German actor
30 September -
Andy Bechtolsheim
, German businessman
11 October -
Hans-Peter Briegel
, German footballer
25 October -
Peter Nocke
, German swimmer
10 November -
Roland Emmerich
, German film director, screenwriter, and producer
8 December -
Martin Semmelrogge
, German actor
15 December -
Renate Künast
, German politician
22 December -
Thomas C. Südhof
, German biochemist
31 December -
Gregor Braun
, German cyclist
Deaths
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15 January
—
Johannes Baader
, German architect, writer and artist (born
1875
)
24 January
-
Friedrich Wilhelm Kopsch
, German anatomist (born
1868
)
20 February
—
Eugen Schmalenbach
, German economist (born
1873
)
24 March
-
Otto Gessler
, German politician (born
1875
)
18 April
—
Albert Einstein
, German theoretical physicist (born
1879
)
29 May
-
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
, German actor (born
1885
)
29 June
-
Ernst Legal
, German actor (born
1881
)
29 June
—
Max Pechstein
, German painter (born
1881
)
2 August
-
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
, German nobleman (born
1869
)
12 August
—
Thomas Mann
, German author (born
1875
)
13 August
—
Wilhelm Kreis
, German architect (born
1873
)
19 August
-
Otto Weiß
, Luftwaffe officer (born
1907
)
25 August
-
Heinrich Spoerl
, German author (born
1887
)
31 August
:
Willi Baumeister
, German painter, scenic designer, art professor and typographer (born
1889
)
Eberhard Koebel
, German youth leader and writer (born
1907
)
9 October
—
Joseph Vollmer
, German engineer (born
1871
)
15 December
—
Otto Braun
, German politician (born
1872
)
19 December
-
Herbert von Dirksen
, German diplomat (born
1882
)
25 December
-
Angela Zigahl
, German teacher and politician (born
1885
)
References
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