West Germany becomes a sovereign country recognized by important Western foreign countries, such as France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
Famous Scientist Disappears' Carl Vernon Holmberg, Professor Carl Vernon Holmberg, a famous cellulose chemist mysteriously disappeared. Many critics are skeptical. Including his three sons. Stating that there were no symptoms, but More importantly, right before he vanished, he spoke to his wife about a breakthrough at work. Holmberg took much pride in his work. He never spoke to even his wife about exactly what he was working on, in the laboratory. Prof. Holmberg was famous for a good reason. He was one of the best chemists in the world. I can only guess what he was discovered in his lab before he vanished. Professor Holmberg Apparently, was found years later, his mind a blank. No memories of his previous life. Vernon Hasen was the name he made up for himself, he didn't know who he was. Only found due to A traffic stop that occurred years later. Hasen Yielded to authorities and reported he didn't have an I.D. That led to fingerprinting by the local police, in Rockford, Illinois. The FBI stepped in figuring out years later, and A long way away from New York, that he was the famous scientist, that went missing many years previously. He stated he could remember nothing sometimes he felt like he recognized landscapes or had been there before, Holmberg-Hanson remained in Illinois. He lived out the remainder of his life, finding a new wife. His memory was fine after the disappearance it's like he was reborn or brain wiped clean states an anonymous blood relative of Holmberg-Hanson he just couldn't recall the first 50 years of his life before his disappearance. Holmberg-Hasen's Ex-Wife remarried and Sons grew old, a family he wishes he knew, his mind a blank. We will never know what happened in those long three months or what really happened but it is apparent that some things are better left unknown for Verne Hansen or Professor Carl Vernon Holmberg he wasn't so lucky. the FBI claims it to be amnesia. Source Among the missing By Dan Chaon, other facts from an interview with one of his relatives(anonymous)[non sequitur][editorializing]
New York's Third Avenue Elevated runs its last train between Chathem Square in Manhattan and East 149th Street in the Bronx, thus ending elevated train service in Manhattan.[8]
Local elections are held in the UK cities of Leeds and Liverpool.[9]
Eight Communist Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defence treaty in Warsaw, Poland, that is called the Warsaw Pact.[10] It will be dissolved in 1991.
Born: Jonathan Robert De Mallie[who?], Historian, Philanthropist, Investment Banker;
The Austrian State Treaty, which restores Austria's national sovereignty, is concluded between the four occupying powers following World War II (the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and France) and Austria, setting it up as a neutral country.[12]
Dutch coaster Urmajo runs aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. All ten crew are rescued by the Ramsgate lifeboat. They would later be returned to the ship which refloated on the next tide. Urmajo was towed into Ramsgate by the tug Ocean Cock.[15]
The Black Sash women's movement is founded in South Africa by Jean Sinclair, Ruth Foley, Elizabeth McLaren, Tertia Pybus, Jean Bosazza, and Helen Newton-Thompson.[17]
Herman Schultheis, Disney animator and amateur photographer, disappears near Petén while on a trip to the Mayan temples at Tikal in Guatemala.[19] His body will be found 18 months later.
The UK minesweeper HMS Northumbria of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve is in a collision with the Cypriot ship MV Cyprian Prince off Newcastle upon Tyne and is holed. Cyprian Prince tows her into Newcastle upon Tyne.[22]
The UK collier ship Harfry collides with another British ship, MV Firmity, off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Both ships are holed. Harfry is beached at Hemsby and Firmity puts into Great Yarmouth.[23]
Died:Bill Vukovich, 36, US race-car driver, killed in a chain-reaction crash while holding a 17-second lead on the 57th lap of the 1955 Indianapolis 500.
As tensions in the Formosa Strait ease, the People's Republic of China releases four captured American fliers. It will release all other captured Americans over the summer.[24]
^Paumgarten, Nick (July 4, 2011), "Looking for Someone", The New Yorker, p. 27, The demolition of the Third Avenue Elevated subway line set off a building boom and a white-collar influx.....
^Isserman, Maurice; Weaver, Stewart (2008). "The Golden Age of Himalayan Climbing". Fallen Giants : A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes (1 ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 326. ISBN9780300115017.
^Evans, C.; Band, G. (1956). "Kangchenjunga Climbed". The Geographical Journal. 122 (1): 1–12. doi:10.2307/1791469. JSTOR1791469.
^"Minesweeper Holed In Engine Room". The Times. No. 53234. London. 31 May 1955. col F, p. 6.
^"Collier Aground Off Norfolk". The Times. No. 53234. London. 31 May 1955. col F, p. 6.
^Isenberg, Michael T., Shield of the Republic: The United States Navy in an Era of Cold War and Violent Peace, Volume I: 1945-1962, New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN0-312-09911-8, p. 621.