October 20, 1955, was a Thursday. It was 69 years and 2 months ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Libra.
The best-selling single on October 20, 1955 was "The Yellow Rose of Texas" by Mitch Miller.
This date was 25,264 days ago. Approximately 842 months have passed. It was the 293rd day of 1955, in week 42. The decade was the fifties. People born on this day are currently 69 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 281 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.
Let's take a walk down memory lane.
It is Thursday, October 20, 1955. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Libra. The summer is long gone. Temperatures have become much cooler, and the evenings are beginning to get darker.
There is a fresh, earthy scent in the air, and fallen leaves have carpeted driveways, lawns, pathways, and sidewalks. Halloween 1955 is quickly approaching. In music, the song "The Yellow Rose of Texas" by Mitch Miller is the best-selling record at the moment.
Dwight David Eisenhower is the President of the United States, and Sir Anthony Eden is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It's 1955, so radio stations and jukeboxes are playing songs from artists such as Perez Prado, Bill Haley & His Comets, Mitch Miller, Roger Williams, Les Baxter, Bill Hayes, The Four Aces, The McGuire Sisters and Pat Boone. In fashion, women are sporting chemise dresses, sheaths, sack dresses and straight-cut suits. Short boxy jackets and shift dresses are also beginning to become popular. Meanwhile, a lot of men are sporting a "Teddy Boy" style that involves leather jackets, greased-back hair, extremely narrow trousers and velvet-collared jackets. Men are also wearing formal suits as daywear.
Tailfins on cars are extremely popular at the moment. The design looks futuristic, almost like a rocket or the twin rudders on the back of an airplane. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "The Cisco Kid", "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", "The Danny Thomas Show", and "Gunsmoke". Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Winky Dink and You", "Lassie", "Adventures of Pow Wow", and "The Mickey Mouse Club".
Popular toys at the moment include Foto-Electric Baseball, Tiny Tears (doll), Mr. Potato Head, and Roy Rogers Plastic Figures.
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People in October 1955 were watching the following TV series:
1955 saw the introduction of cars such as the Ford Thunderbird, the Chevrolet Task Force, the Ford Fairlane, the Pontiac Safari, the Ford Squire, and the Peugeot 403.
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If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1955.
This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.
If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out October 20, 1961, instead.
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Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of the United States on October 20, 1955.
Sir Anthony Eden was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
John A. Costello was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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