About the day » Saturday May 28, 1955Calender converter

• Rochus Anna Cornelius Gemma (Roan) akkermans, Assen, Netherlands († 2006)
• Els Adrienne Willemijn Marie van der Valk, Bergen op Zoom NL
• Theo Lenders († 2011)
• Gerda, Marja, Adriana Van Beijhem, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Huberdina Johanna Angelina Smekens, Chaam († 2009)
• Jeffrey A. Kandel († 1974)
• Milton Becker, Braço do Norte, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1985)
• Eric HEUS DE († 1955)
• John Montague, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1955)
• Averill Ann Albers, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota († 2001)

• Aaltje Krot (82), Utrecht
• Aleida van Werven (75), Zwolle, Nederland
• Aaltje Antoons Krot (82), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Blaauw (93), Amsterdam
• Aafke VAN DER LANDE (84), Tolbert Groningen Netherlands
• Berend Beekman (53), Blijham
• Antje Witteveen (29), ,,, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aukje Poelman (59), Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Berend Hoeksema (61), -
• Andries van der Molen * (82), Enschede

• 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. 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.
• May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
• May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
• May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
• June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
• September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.

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.