87 days before July 27, 1955
would be
May 1, 1955 (Sunday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 121
• Week number: 17
• Leap year: 1955 is not a leap year
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for May 1, 1955 (Sunday)
• Sunrise time: 06:34 am
• Sunset time: 08:26 pm
• Day length: 13h 52m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for May 1, 1955 (Sunday)
• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
• Illumination: 77%
• Moon Age: 10.15 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
May 1, 1955 Holidays and National Days
May 1 in History
2011
Osama Bin Laden is killed in Abbottabad Pakistan by US Navy SEALS in Operation Neptune Spear.
1986
The Tass News Agency reports the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.
1970
Students from Kent State University riot in downtown Kent, Ohio, in protest of the American invasion of Cambodia.
1968
In the second day of battle, U.S. Marines, with the support of naval fire, continue their attack on a North Vietnamese Division at Dai Do.
1961
Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba.
1960
Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane is shot down over Russia.
1950
Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called Annie Allen.
1948
North Korea is established.
1945
Martin Bormann, private secretary to Adolf Hitler, escapes the Fuehrerbunker as the Red Army advances on Berlin.
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