About the day » Saturday May 21, 1955Calender converter

• Maria Johanna Wilhelmina BECKER († 1999)
• Maria Helena Gemma Mulder, Deventer († 2003)
• Mireille Embrechts, Antwerpen / Anvers, België
• Marleen Mulder, Deventer († 2003)
• Johanna SPRONK, Oldebroek († 2007)
• Paul Bartley Schmid, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• hendricus marie (harrie) vercoulen, helden-grashoek
• Jan van der Breggen, Zwammerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1993)
• Ferdinand Biersteker, Nieuwe Niedorp, Nederland († 2012)
• Katharina Elisabeth Pasman († 2003)

• Allegonda Johanna van den Eventuin (64), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adah Abra Petra Bester (80), Bredasdorp, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Alverda LaMan Nichols (42), Broward, Florida, United States
• Catharina Veldhuis (82), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adriana Baks (57), Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Ada Grace Mutton (84), NSW, Australia
• Adrianus de Cock (83), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• B.A. van Kleef (66)
• Ann Elizabeth Corey (49), North Woodstock, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
• Alexander Biesum (67), Aruba

• 1953 » Nora Aunor, Filipino actress and recording artist
• 1954 » D. B. S. Jeyaraj, Sri Lankan-Canadian journalist and blogger
• 1954 » Janice Karman, American film producer, record producer, singer, and voice actress
• 1954 » Marc Ribot, American guitarist and composer
• 1955 » Paul Barber, English field hockey player
• 1955 » Stan Lynch, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 » James Bailey, American basketball player
• 1957 » Judge Reinhold, American actor and producer
• 1957 » Nadine Dorries, English nurse and politician
• 1957 » Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress

• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)
• 1949 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1964 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896)
• 1970 » E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885)

• 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 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
• May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
• August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.

The temperature on May 21, 1955 was between 1.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.