- 05/01/1978 - 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated
- 05/01/1978 - MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht
- 05/01/1978 - Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone
- 05/02/1978 - NBA championship: Portland Trailblazers win in 4 games
- 05/03/1978 - "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US
- 05/03/1978 - Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II
- 05/03/1978 - Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at
Kingston
- 05/03/1978 - WI all set to lose cricket test v Aust at Kingston till
riots end game
- 05/04/1978 - Russian president Brezhnev visits West-Germany
- 05/05/1978 - Cin Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
- 05/06/1978 - 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins
in 2:01.2
- 05/06/1978 - South Africa military goes into Angola
- 05/08/1978 - ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"
- 05/08/1978 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf
Tournament
- 05/09/1978 - "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Longacre Theater
NYC for 1604 perfs
- 05/09/1978 - Corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro found
- 05/09/1978 - Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
- 05/09/1978 - Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in NYC
- 05/09/1978 - PSV beats Bastica, 3-0, to win UEFA Cup in Eindhoven Neth
- 05/10/1978 - "Angel" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5
performances
- 05/10/1978 - Liverpool wins 23rd Europe Cup I
- 05/11/1978 - Margaret A Brewer is 1st female general in the US Marine
Corps
- 05/12/1978 - Commerce Dept says hurricane names will no longer be only
female
- 05/13/1978 - "Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5
performances
- 05/13/1978 - "Runaways" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 199
performances
- 05/13/1978 - Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m steeplechase
(8:05.4)
- 05/13/1978 - Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels
- 05/13/1978 - Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados
premieres in NYC
- 05/14/1978 - "Working" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 25
performances
- 05/14/1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
- 05/17/1978 - Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run
- 05/18/1978 - Italy legalizes abortion
- 05/18/1978 - Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work
- 05/20/1978 - 104th Preakness: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in
1:54.4
- 05/20/1978 - 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly
Airport, Paris
- 05/20/1978 - US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map
of Venus
- 05/21/1978 - 118 Unification church couples wed in England
- 05/21/1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
- 05/21/1978 - Yamada Mumon Roshi appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect
- 05/23/1978 - AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M
- 05/23/1978 - General strike in Peru
- 05/24/1978 - Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect
- 05/25/1978 - "Star Wars" released
- 05/25/1978 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4
games to 2
- 05/26/1978 - 1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City
- 05/28/1978 - Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times
- 05/29/1978 - 1st class postage now 15› (13› for 3 years)
- 05/29/1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
- 05/29/1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk
USSR
| Famous birthdays for May 1978 .. |
- 05/08/1978 - Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
- 05/08/1978 - Sandra Kleinova, Prague Czech, tennis star (1995
Futures-Turku-FIN)
- 05/12/1978 - Amy Wheaton, actress (Curse)
- 05/12/1978 - Thomas Odoyo, cricketer (Kenyan all-rounder 1996 World
Cup)
- 05/14/1978 - Heather Brink, Lincoln Neb, gymnast (Olympics-96)
- 05/15/1978 - Amy Chow, San Jose Calif, gymnast
(Olympics-gold/silver-96)
- 05/15/1978 - David Krumholtz, NYC, actor (Billy Kulchak-Chicago Sons)
- 05/15/1978 - Krissy Taylor, model
- 05/16/1978 - Vincent Larusso, Livingston, NJ, actor (Adam-Mighty Ducks,
D2, D3)
- 05/18/1978 - Jennifer Streblow, Oshkosh Wisconsin, Miss
America-Wisconsin (1997)
- 05/21/1978 - Kandy Marshall, Miss Virginia Teen USA (1996)
- 05/24/1978 - Jade Winter, Australian swimmer (Olympics-96)
- 05/30/1978 - Krassmira Todorava, Miss Bulgaria Universe (1997)
| Famous deaths for May 1978 .. |
- 05/01/1978 - Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The Earth), dies at
74
- 05/03/1978 - Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71
- 05/05/1978 - Alfred H H Gilligan, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
- 05/06/1978 - Ethelda Bleibtrey, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920), dies
at 76
- 05/06/1978 - Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at 61
- 05/11/1978 - John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93
- 05/13/1978 - Albert Roberts, cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 7 wickets),
dies
- 05/17/1978 - John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of
commons, dies
- 05/19/1978 - George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930),
dies
- 05/21/1978 - Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water
color painter, dies at 77
- 05/22/1978 - Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83
- 05/29/1978 - Bob Crane, actor (Donna Reed Show, Hogan-Hogan's Heroes),
dies at 49
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- 05/01/1979 - Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel
- 05/01/1979 - Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
- 05/01/1979 - Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing
- 05/02/1979 - "Quadrophenia" premieres in London
- 05/02/1979 - -May 10] Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) begins nonstop ride,
cycling 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 05/02/1979 - 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers &
Barbara Mandrell
- 05/03/1979 - 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret
Thatcher)
- 05/03/1979 - Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 HRs &
300 stolen bases)
- 05/03/1979 - Martin Sherman's "Bent," premieres in London
- 05/04/1979 - Jackie Mercer wins her 4th golf title 31 years after her
1st
- 05/04/1979 - Margaret Thatcher elected prime minister of England
- 05/04/1979 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-2
- 05/05/1979 - 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins
in 2:02.4
- 05/05/1979 - Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
- 05/05/1979 - Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
- 05/06/1979 - Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over
200 m
- 05/06/1979 - Louis LaRusso II's "Knockout," premieres in NYC
- 05/06/1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf
Tournament
- 05/06/1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk
USSR
- 05/07/1979 - 5th UNCTAD-conference opens in Manila
- 05/07/1979 - Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland)
- 05/08/1979 - Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
- 05/09/1979 - US & USSR sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons
- 05/10/1979 - Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing
- 05/10/1979 - John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros
- 05/10/1979 - Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of
187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
- 05/12/1979 - Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an
end
- 05/13/1979 - "Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens &
closes at Mark Hellinger NYC
- 05/13/1979 - Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
- 05/13/1979 - Shah & family sentenced to death in Teheran
- 05/16/1979 - FC Barcelona wins 19th Europe Cup II in Basel
- 05/16/1979 - NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J
McMullen for $19M
- 05/17/1979 - -12øF (-11øC), on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state
record)
- 05/17/1979 - Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation
- 05/17/1979 - Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs
- 05/19/1979 - "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3
- 05/19/1979 - 105th Preakness: Ron Franklin aboard Spectacular Bid wins
in 1:54.2
- 05/19/1979 - Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd
- 05/20/1979 - "I Love My Wife" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC
after 864 perfs
- 05/20/1979 - 1st western pop star to tour USSR-Elton John
- 05/20/1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
- 05/21/1979 - Dan White convicted of manslaughter death of SF mayor
Moscone
- 05/21/1979 - Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in
USSR
- 05/21/1979 - National Volksraad installed in Namibia
- 05/21/1979 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat NY Rangers, 4 games
to 1
- 05/22/1979 - Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces
Pierre Trudeau
- 05/22/1979 - Commencement of 1st ICC Trophy (PNG v E Afr &
Singapore v Arg)
- 05/23/1979 - "Kids Are All Right" premieres
- 05/23/1979 - 1st edition of "Wisden Cricket Monthly"
- 05/23/1979 - Borussia M”nchengladbach wins 8th UEFA Cup at
Dsseldorf
- 05/23/1979 - Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy
- 05/23/1979 - West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president
- 05/24/1979 - Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter
Ray Hagar
- 05/24/1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk
USSR
- 05/25/1979 - American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275
- 05/25/1979 - Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
- 05/25/1979 - Raul Gonz les of M‚xico completes 50,000 m walk
in record 3:41:38.4
- 05/26/1979 - Dancin' Fool by Frank Zappa hits #45
- 05/27/1979 - Penny Pulz wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
- 05/27/1979 - Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop
- 05/28/1979 - European Market accepts Greece as member
- 05/29/1979 - Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black
PM
- 05/29/1979 - Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres
- 05/30/1979 - Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich
- 05/30/1979 - Pat Underwood makes his pitching debut for Detroit beats
brother Tom
- 05/30/1979 - Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's
TRS-80
- 05/30/1979 - Ted Coombs begins a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC
- 05/31/1979 - "I Remember Mama" opens at Majestic Theater NYC
for 108 performances
- 05/31/1979 - Radio City Music Hall (NYC) reopens
- 05/31/1979 - Zimbabwe proclaims independence
| Famous birthdays for May 1979 .. |
- 05/01/1979 - Jennifer Botterill, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
- 05/01/1979 - Kimberly Grigsby, Miss Virginia Teen USA (1997)
- 05/08/1979 - Jayna Cronin Geneva NY, dance skater (& Dreger-1997
Natl-13th)
- 05/16/1979 - Evan Ferrante, actor (Owen-Swan's Crossing)
- 05/18/1979 - Kaci Thompson, Miss Nevada Teen USA (1997)
- 05/20/1979 - Tamika Thomas, Miss Michigan Teen USA (1996)
- 05/24/1979 - Tracy McGrady, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
- 05/29/1979 - Luann Roberts, Miss Alabama Teen USA (1996)
| Famous deaths for May 1979 .. |
- 05/01/1979 - Berkeley Bertram McGarrell Gaskin, cricketer (2 Tests for
WI), dies
- 05/03/1979 - Erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place),
dies at 76
- 05/05/1979 - Shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at 68
- 05/08/1979 - Talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76
- 05/09/1979 - Cyrus S Eaton, Canada/US multi-millionaire, dies at 95
- 05/09/1979 - Lan Adomian, composer, dies at 73
- 05/10/1979 - John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, satirist
(Beachcomber), dies
- 05/10/1979 - Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Eros & the Lonely
Man), dies at 67
- 05/11/1979 - Joan Chandler, dies at 55
- 05/11/1979 - Lester Raymond Flatt, musician (Ballad of Jed Clampett),
dies at 64
- 05/13/1979 - Nelly Aenders, actress (In Pyama), dies at 65
- 05/14/1979 - Paul van 't Veeer, Dutch journalist/writer (Vrije Volk),
dies at 57
- 05/16/1979 - Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader & civil rights
pioneer, dies at 90
- 05/23/1979 - Hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79
- 05/24/1979 - Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies
- 05/26/1979 - George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St),
dies at 75
- 05/29/1979 - Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies at
86
- 05/30/1979 - Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82
- 05/31/1979 - Nigel Howard, cricketer (England captain 1951-52 tour of
India), dies
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