May 1955 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1955 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament.
• 02 May 1955 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for
• 05 May 1955 Damn Yankees opens at 46th Steet Theater in New York City for 1022 performances.
• 06 May 1955 West Germany joins NATO
• 07 May 1955 West Europe Union established.
• 09 May 1955 German Federal Republic joins NATO.
• 11 May 1955 Israel attacks Gaza.
• 12 May 1955 Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter
• 14 May 1955 US performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean.
• 15 May 1955 Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again
• 16 May 1955 King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo
• 17 May 1955 Dutch Government of Drees resigns.
• 18 May 1955 Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam
• 19 May 1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt West Indies versus Australia.
• 20 May 1955 Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state.
• 21 May 1955 House of Flowers closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 165 performances
• 22 May 1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th
• 23 May 1955 Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers
• 25 May 1955 First ascent of Kangchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third highest mountain in the world, by a British expedition led by Joe Brown and George Band.
• 26 May 1955 7th Heaven opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances
• 27 May 1955 Red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV
• 28 May 1955 Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500 with an average speed of 128.213 mph.
• 29 May 1955 Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns.
• 30 May 1955 KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, ID (CBS / NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
• 31 May 1955 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike.

Famous Birthday

• Donatella Versace

  Italian entrepreneur and noted family, the sister of designer Gianni Versace and manager of Versace House of Design.

• Mark David Chapman

  American murderer of John Lennon.

• Debra Winger

  American actress whose films include "Urban Cowboy," 1980, "An Officer and a Gentleman," 1982 and "Terms of Endearment," 1983, for which she...

• Chow Yun-Fat
• Jean Lassalle
• Bill Paxton

  American actor and film director.

• Kevin Peter Hall

  Actor (Harry & Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35.

• Connie Sellecca

  American model actress and producer.

• John Frawley

  British astrologer, the editor of the "Astrologer's Apprentice" and a regular writer for a soccer magazine.

• John Hinckley

  American attempted assassin who shot and wounded President Reagan, Secret Service Agent Timothy McCarthy, Press Secretary James Brady and...

• Elisa Servier
• Sylvain Augier

  French journalist, 1977-80, working for France-Inter from 1980, and television host noted in France.

• Pierre Botton

  French entrepreneur, president of the P.B.

• Diego Abatantuono

  Italian cinema and theatre actor, and screenwriter.

• Lee Horsley

  American actor.

• Tom Bergeron

  American game show host, Bergeron began his career as a disc jockey for a hometown radio station.

• Philippe Lafontaine

  Belgian singer and composer, his first big hit "Coeur de Loup" launched his career in Europe.

• Topper Headon

  English drummer and songwriter (The Clash Mirkwood and The Moors Murderers).

• Rick Steves

  American traveler, guide book author, and travel TV show series, the boyish, enthusiastic face is seen on the PBS series, Rick Steves...

• Richard Schiff

  American actor director and producer.

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Famous Deaths

• Alberto Ascari

  Italian motor racer, world motor champion 1952-53.

• James Agee

  US critic / writer (Death in Family), dies in New York.

• Francesco Balilla Pratella

  Composer, dies at 75.

• Raoul Gunsbourg

  Composer, dies at 95.

• Philips C Visser

  explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies.

• Mary McLeod Bethune

  educator and civil rights leader, dies at age 79.

• "Wild Bill"

  Vukovich killed in the Indianapolis 500.

• Tadeusz Jarecki

  Composer, dies at 66.

• Georges Enescu

  Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher, regarded as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century and Romania's...

• Gilbert Jessop

  English cricketer and soldier (d. 1955).

• John Radecki

  Australian stained glass artist (Born 1865).

• George Enescu

  Romanian violinist pianist composer and conductor (d. 1955).

• Tommy Burns

  Canadian boxer (Born 1881).

• Louis Breguet

  French aviator and industrialist, a pioneer pilot and inventor of the gyro plane.

• Betty Ann Davies

  Dies at 44.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Nat King Cole - A Blossom Fell
2. Les Baxter & His Orchestra - Unchained Melody
3. Bill Hayes - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
4. Fess Parker - Ballad Of Davy Crockett
5. Four Aces - Melody Of Love

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Tony Bennett - Stranger In Paradise
2. Eddie Calvert - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
3. Perez 'Prez' Prado & His Orchestra - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
4. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Give Me Your Word
5. The Crew Cuts - Earth Angel