About the day » Saturday May 28, 1955Calender converter

• John Montague, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1955)
• Harm Dijkstra, Stiens-Leeuwarderradeel († 1999)
• Jeffrey A. Kandel († 1974)
• Bea Dul, Leeuwarden († 2008)
• Huberdina Johanna Angelina Smekens, Chaam († 2009)
• Averill Ann Albers, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota († 2001)
• Gerda Marja Adriana van Beijnhem, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Gerda, Marja, Adriana Van Beijhem, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Els Adrienne Willemijn Marie van der Valk, Bergen op Zoom NL
• Anne Maria Plas, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1959)

• Adrianus van der Vleuten (95), Eindhoven
• Antje Witteveen (29), ,,, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aaltje Krot (82), Utrecht
• Adrianus Apeldoorn (67), Amsterdam
• Adrienne Julienne Fidelia BAROUX (62), Calais,62100,Pas-De-Calais,Hauts-De-France,FRANCE
• Aleida van Werven (75), Zwolle
• Albert Spijkers (57), Ommen
• Annie Young (80), Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia
• Andries van der Molen * (82), Enschede
• Albertus Antonius Deekens (81), Wildervank, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands

• 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. Jacobus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Yvonne
11. Petronella
12. Margaretha
13. Marianne
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 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• 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.
• May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
• October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.

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.