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What Happened In May 1955 In History

Historical Events for May, 1955

  • 2nd » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'.
  • 5th » West Germany gains full sovereignty.
  • 9th » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
  • 12th » Austria regains its independence as the Allied-occupied Austria named Allied occupation following World War II ends.
  • 14th » Cold War: Eight Communism e.g Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
  • 18th » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese people or Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Union known as French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First In
  • 25th » In the United States, a night-time Fujita scale e.g F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
  • 25th » First ascent of Kangchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third-highest mountain in the world, by a British expedition led by Charles Evans (mountaineer) named Charles Evans. Joe Brown (climber) or Joe Brown and George Band reached the summit on May 25, followed by N

Famous Birthdays on May in 1955

  • 1st » Alex Cunningham, Scottish politician
  • 1st » Donna Hartley, English runner (d. 2013)
  • 2nd » Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
  • 3rd » Colin Deans, Scottish rugby player
  • 3rd » David Hookes, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004)
  • 4th » Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 5th » Melinda Culea, American actress
  • 5th » Lisa Jane Persky, American actress and journalist
  • 6th » Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
  • 6th » Tom Bergeron, American television host
  • 6th » Ron Fawcett, English rock climber
  • 6th » John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English politician, Secretary of State for Defence
  • 7th » Florența Crăciunescu, Romanian discus thrower (d. 2008)
  • 7th » Clément Gignac, Canadian politician
  • 7th » Ben Poquette, American basketball player
  • 7th » Peter Reckell, American actor
  • 7th » Axel Zwingenberger, German pianist and songwriter
  • 8th » Stephen Furst, American actor and director
  • 8th » Mladen Markač, Croatian general
  • 8th » Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (d. 2012)
  • 9th » Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
  • 9th » Kevin Reed, American theologian and author
  • 9th » Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano
  • 10th » Chris Berman, American sportscaster
  • 10th » Mark David Chapman, American murderer
  • 10th » Larry "Flash" Jenkins, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 10th » Rick Steves, American television host and author
  • 11th » John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th List of mayors of New Haven, Connecticut known as Mayor of New Haven
  • 12th » Kix Brooks, American singer-songwriter (Brooks & Dunn)
  • 14th » Marie Chouinard, Canadian dancer and choreographer
  • 14th » Kenth Eldebrink, Swedish javelin thrower
  • 14th » Alasdair Fraser, Scottish fiddler (Skyedance)
  • 14th » Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer
  • 14th » Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
  • 14th » Jens Sparschuh, German author
  • 15th » Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (d. 2013)
  • 15th » Lee Horsley, American actor
  • 15th » Lia Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter
  • 16th » Olga Korbut, Belarusian gymnast
  • 16th » Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 16th » Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
  • 16th » Debra Winger, American actress
  • 17th » Bill Paxton, American actor and director
  • 17th » David Townsend (musician) e.g David Townsend, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Surface (band) e.g Surface) (d. 2005)
  • 18th » Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor
  • 18th » Lena T. Hansson, Swedish actress
  • 18th » Peeter Vähi, Estonian composer
  • 19th » James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java (programming language) or Java
  • 20th » Anton Corbijn, Dutch photographer and director
  • 20th » Vivienne Faull, English priest
  • 20th » Zbigniew Preisner, Polish composer
  • 21st » Paul Barber (field hockey) known as Paul Barber, English field hockey player
  • 21st » Stan Lynch, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
  • 22nd » Chalmers Alford, American guitarist (d. 2008)
  • 22nd » Jerry Dammers, Indian-English keyboard player and songwriter
  • 22nd » Iva Davies, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Icehouse (band) or Icehouse)
  • 22nd » Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Welsh union leader and politician
  • 22nd » Dale Winton, English radio and television host
  • 23rd » Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 24th » Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 24th » Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer-songwriter
  • 24th » David Leonard (musician) or David Leonard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 25th » Alistair Burt, English politician
  • 25th » Connie Sellecca, American actress
  • 26th » Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese-American chef
  • 26th » Paul Stoddart, Australian businessman
  • 26th » Wesley Walker, American football player and educator
  • 27th » Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer
  • 27th » Richard Schiff, American actor
  • 27th » Ian Tracey (organist) e.g Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor
  • 28th » Laura Amy Schlitz, American author
  • 28th » Mark Howe, American ice hockey player and coach
  • 29th » Frank Baumgartl, German runner (d. 2010)
  • 29th » John Hinckley, Jr., American attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan
  • 29th » David Kirschner, American animator, producer, and author
  • 29th » Gordon Rintoul, Scottish curator
  • 29th » Ken Schrader, American race car driver
  • 30th » Topper Headon, English drummer and songwriter (The Clash and Mirkwood (band) or Mirkwood)
  • 30th » Jacqueline McGlade, English-Canadian oceanographer and ecologist
  • 30th » Jake Roberts, American wrestler
  • 30th » Michael Spencer, Malaysian-English businessman
  • 30th » Caroline Swift, English lawyer and judge
  • 30th » Colm Tóibín, Irish author, poet, playwright, and critic
  • 31st » Bruce Adolphe, American pianist, composer, and scholar
  • 31st » Ben de Lisi, American fashion designer
  • 31st » Tommy Emmanuel, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dragon (band) known as Dragon)
  • 31st » Susie Essman, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

Famous Deaths for May 1955

  • 4th » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)
  • 9th » Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (b. 1858)
  • 10th » Tommy Burns (boxer) called Tommy Burns, Canadian-American boxer (b. 1881)
  • 10th » John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (b. 1865)
  • 11th » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
  • 16th » James Agee, American author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1909)
  • 18th » Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
  • 26th » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)
  • 30th » Bill Vukovich, American race car driver (b. 1918)

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