May 1969 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1969 43 Unification church couples wed in New York City
• 02 May 1969 The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
• 03 May 1969 Trumpets of the Lord closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 7 performances
• 04 May 1969 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational.
• 05 May 1969 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer
• 07 May 1969 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, US Marine Corp, becomes deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
• 08 May 1969 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation
• 09 May 1969 BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament is won by Billy Hardwick.
• 10 May 1969 Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
• 11 May 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
• 12 May 1969 Kenneth H Wallis achieves record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH.
• 13 May 1969 Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• 14 May 1969 Last Chevrolet Corvair car built.
• 15 May 1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from US Supreme Court.
• 16 May 1969 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute
• 17 May 1969 My Wife, My Dog, My Cat, by Maskman and The Agents hits #92
• 18 May 1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford / Cernan / Young) launched toward lunar orbit
• 19 May 1969 Coleman Hawkins, American jazz saxophonist (Born 1901)
• 20 May 1969 US troops capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam.
• 21 May 1969 After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over the New York Mets.
• 22 May 1969 Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 miles (15km) above lunar surface.
• 23 May 1969 Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes.
• 25 May 1969 Midnight Cowboy released with an X rating
• 26 May 1969 Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth.
• 27 May 1969 Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV
• 28 May 1969 AC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid, Spain.
• 30 May 1969 Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp, Belgium.
• 31 May 1969 Dear World closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 132 performances

Famous Birthday

• Cate Blanchett

  Australian actress.

• Nikos Aliagas

  French-Greek journalist and entertainer, known for being the host of the French reality program named Star Academy.

• David Boreanaz

  American actor.

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• Anne Heche

  American actress who began her career at 17 in New York, cast in the soap "Another World," where she played twins for four years, staying...

• Wes Anderson

  Director.

• Helena Noguerra

  Belgian singer, actress, TV presenter, and author, formerly model, aka LNA Noguerra, she is Lio's younger sister.

• Alexandra Ledermann

  French equestrian, the winner of a Bronze Medal in show jumping, Atlanta, on 4 August 1996, riding Rocket M..

• Yannick Bisson
• Christophe Rippert
• Rob Ford

  64th Mayor of Toronto.

• Danny Wood

  American musician who, along with Jon and Jordan Knight, McIntyre and Wahlberg, was a member of the group "New Kids On The Block.

• Kim Fields

  TV Actress.

• Muriel Barbery
• Tracey Gold

  American actress.

• Valérie Barlois

  French fencing champion who competed in the Atlanta Olympics, winning a Silver Medal in singles epee fencing on 7/20/1996 and a Gold Medal...

• Akebono Taro

  American sumo wrestler, the 64th Yokozuna.

• Dennis Bergkamp

  Soccer Player.

• Éric Ruf
• Tabatha Coffey

  Australian hairstylist and television personality.

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Famous Deaths

• Jeffrey Hunter

  Actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43.

• Willy Ley

  German-born rocket scientist (Born 1906).

• Gaston Brenta

  Composer, dies at 66.

• Fred Sherman

  Actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64.

• Royal Beal

  Actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer at 69.

• Diane Aubrey

  Actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79.

• Kathryn Minner

  Entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77.

• Rhys Williams

  Actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71.

• Johnny Jordan

  Cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44.

• Joseph Beran

  Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at age 80.

• Peter Alma

  painter/graphic artist, dies at age 83.

• John Cipollini

  guitarist, dies of emphysema at age 45.

• Robert R

  American teenager, first confirmed death from AIDS in North America (Born 1954).

• Allan H Loughead

  American aviation pioneer (Lockheed Corporation (Born 1889).

• Frederick Lane

  Australian swimmer (Born 1888).

• Zakir Hussain

  Indian academic and politician 3rd president of India (d. 1969).

• Ella Logan

  Actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56.

• Remington Kellogg

  American zoologist and paleontologist (d. 1969).

• Paul Hawkins

  Australian race car driver (d. 1969).

• Osbert Sitwell

  English-Italian captain poet and author (d. 1969).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)
2. The Beatles - Get Back
3. The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing
4. The Cowsills - Hair
5. Mercy - Love (Can Make You Happy)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - The Israelites
2. Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back
3. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
4. Herman's Hermits - My Sentimental Friend
5. Mary Hopkin - Goodbye