Editing 1955 (section)

===January===
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* [[January 1]] 
** [[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]], Indian scientist (b. [[1894]])
** [[Maria Bal]], Polish baroness and a lifelong muse of [[Jacek Malczewski]] (b. [[1879]])
* [[January 2]] – [[José Antonio Remón Cantera]], 19th [[President of Panama]] (assassinated) (b. [[1908]])
* [[January 5]] – [[Marcel Déat]], French politician (b. [[1894]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcel-Deat Marcel Déat French politician]</ref>
* [[January 6]] – [[Yevgeny Tarle]], Soviet historian (b. [[1874]])
* [[January 11]] – [[Rodolfo Graziani]], Italian general (b. [[1882]])
* [[January 15]]
** [[Johannes Baader]], German artist (b. [[1875]])
** [[Yves Tanguy]], French painter (b. [[1900]])
* [[January 21]] – [[Archie Hahn (athlete)|Archie Hahn]], American athlete (b. [[1880]])
* [[January 24]] – [[Ira Hayes]], U.S. Marine flag raiser on [[Battle of Iwo Jima|Iwo Jima]] (b. [[1923]])
* [[January 29]] – [[Hans Hedtoft]], 14th [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] (b. [[1903]])
* [[January 31]] – [[John Mott]], American YMCA leader, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1865]])