Historical Events In 1955
May 22 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th
May 14 Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania
May 05 Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce
May 06 West Germany joins NATO
May 05 US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
May 02 India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable
May 18 Atkinson & Depeiaza take West Indies from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs Australia
May 27 Red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV
May 05 "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances
May 20 Argentine parliament accepts separation of church & state
May 15 Vienna Treaty Britain, France, US & USSR restores Austria's independence
May 26 Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade
May 16 King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo
May 29 Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns
May 14 A causeway is completed across the Strait of Canso between Cape Porcupine and Balache Point, Nova Scotia. This involved a 14 mile main line diversion for the rerouting of railway traffic linking directly Cape Breton Island with the mainland. Previous movements were by car ferry across the Strait of Canso.
May 26 Conservatives win British parliamentary election
May 09 German Federal Republic joins NATO
May 31 Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities
May 15 Vienna Treaty: Britain, France, US & USSR restores Austria's independence
May 07 USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great-Britain
May 25 Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall KS &most of Blackwell OK
May 16 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title
May 30 Said el-Mufti forms Jordan Government
May 14 US performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean
May 11 Israel attacks Gaza
May 17 Dutch Government of Drees resigns
May 05 The musical, " Damn Yankees", opened in New York City for a successful run of 1,019 performances.
May 16 The birth of Debra Winger, American film actress
May 15 Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins
May 31 Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"
May 14 The Warsaw Pact signed by Eastern bloc countries
May 16 Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown
May 15 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
May 02 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)
May 18 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya NM (state record)
