About the day » Wednesday May 4, 1955Calender converter

• HENDRIKA WILHELMINA BOSSCHAART, ROTTERDAM († 1993)
• N.N. Jansen, Alphen en Riel († 1955)
• Joseph Albertus Gerardus Maria (Joep) Frensen, Haarlem († 2017)
• Cornelis Egas, Rotterdam, Provincie Zuid-Holland († 2010)
• Fimke van der Wijk, Valthermond († 1987)
• N. N. van Koperen, 's-Gravenhage († 1955)
• Gerrit Theo Schurink, Zwartsluis († 2012)
• Maria Henrica Maria Journée, Heino († 1959)
• Arie de Wit, Urk († 2009)
• Herman Caymax, Bree († 1986)

• Antoon Veenbrink (74), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje van Galen (66), Delft, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Albin camille VANNUFFEL (80), Lomme, 59355, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Albert Schermer (54), Hoogkarspel
• Berend Jan Bruijns (86), Enschede
• Agenieta de Fluiter (84), Ede, Gelderland, NL
• Albert Bos (77), Utrecht, Nederland
• Antoon Veenbrink (74), Montfoort, Nederland
• Aaltje Bakker (59), Emmen Drenthe Nederland
• Angenieta de Fluiter (83), Ede, Nederland

• 1953 » Pia Zadora, American actress and singer
• 1954 » Ryan Cayabyab, Filipino pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1954 » Trevor Ryan, Australian rugby league player
• 1956 » David Guterson, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist
• 1956 » Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Michael L. Gernhardt, American astronaut and engineer
• 1957 » Jaak Huimerind, Estonian architect
• 1957 » Kathy Kreiner, Canadian skier
• 1957 » Marijke Vos, Dutch educator and politician
• 1957 » Peter Sleep, Australian cricketer

• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Jane Bowles, American author and playwright (b. 1917)

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. Jacobus

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.
• April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
• June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
• August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.

The temperature on May 4, 1955 was between 10.2 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.