Bernd Fasching

Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor

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Born: July 18, 1955
Age in 2026: 71
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1955

About Bernd Fasching

Bernd Fasching was an Austrian painter and sculptor. He lived and worked in Vienna. A further walk-in sculpture was created by Bernd Fasching in the Dominican Republic between 1996 and 1997. Fasching created 12 paintings with themes inspired by the talks with the visitors to his work sessions. Based on these pieces, Fasching created the series Tools, making a sculpture of each of the tools required for sculpturing a monument.

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The world when Bernd Fasching was born

Bernd Fasching was born in 1955. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1955

#1 song"Rock Around the Clock" – Bill Haley & His Comets
Top movieMarty
Top TV showThe $64,000 Question
Best-selling bookLolita – Vladimir Nabokov

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentBrooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series
Top headlineRosa Parks sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Technology milestoneDisneyland opens in Anaheim, California
Defining fadJames Dean and rebel culture
Notable inventionVelcro commercially available
World population2.77 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
Sports championBrooklyn Dodgers (World Series)
Also wonSyracuse Nationals (NBA)
U.S. population165.3M

1955 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Bernd Fasching's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1955	2026
Gas	$0.29	$3.45/gal
Average home	$10,950	$435,000
Average income	$6,200	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.75	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.50	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	165.3M	341 million

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