About the day » Saturday May 28, 1955Calender converter

• Huberdina Johanna Angelina Smekens, Chaam († 2009)
• Averill Ann Albers, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota († 2001)
• Gerda Marja Adriana van Beijnhem, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Anne Marie Put, Hasselt, België († 2012)
• John Montague, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1955)
• Jan Hartink, Empe († 2011)
• NN Kusters, Tiel
• Reiner Sawadenko († 2014)
• n.n. Kamps, Assen († 1955)
• Alex Ruben Valdez, Las Vegas, New Mexico († 2005)

• Berend Hoeksema (61), -
• (98), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Antoons Krot (82), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aleida Carolina Maria Vet (69), Breukelen
• Arendje Jannetje van den Boogaard (68), Zuidland
• Albert Spijkers (57), Ommen
• Berend Hoeksema (61), Marum,, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Antonius Deekens (81), Wildervank, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Andries van der Molen * (82), Enschede
• Berend Luitjens Hoeksema (61), Grootegast

• 1954 » Charles Saumarez Smith, English historian and academic
• 1954 » João Carlos de Oliveira, Brazilian jumper († 1999)
• 1954 » John Tory, Canadian lawyer and politician, 65th Mayor of Toronto
• 1954 » Péter Szilágyi, Hungarian conductor and politician († 2013)
• 1954 » Youri Egorov, Russian pianist and composer († 1988)
• 1955 » Laura Amy Schlitz, American author and librarian
• 1955 » Mark Howe, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1956 » Jeff Dujon, Jamaican cricketer
• 1956 » Jerry Douglas, American guitarist and producer
• 1956 » Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver († 1980)

• 1937 » Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)
• 1947 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (b. 1904)
• 1964 » Terry Dillon, American football player (b. 1941)
• 1968 » Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. John
10. Petrus
11. Gerrit
12. Dirk
13. David
14. Adrianus
15. Johan
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Yvonne
11. Petronella
12. Marianne
13. Margaretha
14. Gerda
15. Marie
16. Helena

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
• May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
• September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

The temperature on May 28, 1955 was between 5.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.