May 1975 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1975 Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4 - Semifinals - Flyers hold 2-0 lead
• 02 May 1975 Apple Records closes down.
• 03 May 1975 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02.
• 04 May 1975 Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots
• 05 May 1975 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
• 06 May 1975 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska
• 07 May 1975 Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT) - Semifinals - Flyers hold 3-1 lead
• 09 May 1975 Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
• 11 May 1975 Flyers 1-Isles 2 - Semifinals - Series tied at 3 games
• 12 May 1975 US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces.
• 13 May 1975 Rodgers & Hart opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances
• 14 May 1975 French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia.
• 15 May 1975 Emmy 2nd Daytime Award and Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
• 16 May 1975 Wings release Listen to What the Man Said in the UK
• 17 May 1975 Funky Gibbon by The Goodies hits #79
• 19 May 1975 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh
• 21 May 1975 Lowell W Perry confirmed as Chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm
• 22 May 1975 The first legal numbers game in the USA is New Jersey State Lottery's "Pick-it", in which players choose their own 3-digit number in a daily drawing.
• 24 May 1975 Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16 fighter jet.
• 25 May 1975 29th NBA Championship: Golden State Warriors sweep Washington Bullets in four games.
• 26 May 1975 Tennis game in the Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes.
• 27 May 1975 Paul McCartney releases Venus & Mars
• 28 May 1975 Soyuz 18 launched.
• 30 May 1975 Wings release Venus & Mars album
• 31 May 1975 Goodtime Charley closes at Palace Theater NYC after 104 performances

Famous Birthday

• David Beckham

  British soccer player with movie-star good looks and pop-star appeal, Beckham has been called the best footballer in England and perhaps the...

• Enrique Iglesias

  Spanish singer, the son of famed heartthrob Julio Iglesias but appealing to the next generation, a superstar in his own right.

• Lauryn Hill

  R&B Singer.

• Christina Hendricks

  American actress.

• Melanie Brown

  English musician and actress (Spice Girls).

• Jamie Oliver

  English chef and television personality.

• André 3000

  American rapper producer and actor (OutKast).

• Kimora Lee Simmons
• Jack Johnson

  American musician.

• Tamia (singer)
• Marissa Mayer

  Business Executive.

• Jonah Lomu

  New Zealander legendary Rugby Union Player with endorsements for US products.

• Daniel Tosh

  American comedian.

• Marc-Vivien Foé

  Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003).

• Jadakiss

  American rapper (D-Block).

• Claire Castillon
• Dulé Hill

  American actor dancer and producer.

• Coby Bell

  American actor.

• Ingrid Fèvre
• Ottoman Empire
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Famous Deaths

• Barbara Hepworth

  English abstract sculptor / actress (Rescued by Rover).

• Ezzard Charles

  heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies in Chicago, Illinois, at age 53.

• Bob Wills

  American singer-songwriter (d. 1975).

• Jacques Stehman

  Composer, dies at 62.

• Eric Emerson

  Entertainer.

• Roy Roberts

  Actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75.

• Samuel Gonard

  chairman (International Red Cross), dies at age 78.

• Dame Barbara Hepworth

  English sculptor, dies in fire at age 72.

• Jackie "Moms" Mabley

  comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at age 81.

• Jozsef Mindszenty

  Hungarian Catholic Cardinal (Born 1892).

• Li Tobler

  Swiss actress (Born 1948).

• Ezzard Charles

  American World Heavyweight Champion who had the unfortunate distinction of holding the title between the more popular fighters Joe Louis and...

• Lefty Grove

  American baseball player (Born 1900).

• Leroy Anderson

  American composer and conductor (d. 1975).

• Tatsuo Shimabuku

  Japanese martial artist founded Isshin-ryū (d. 1975).

• Al Helfer

  American radio sportscaster (Born 1911).

• Torben Meyer

  Actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90.

• Michel Simon

  Swiss actor and comedian,well known in France by numerous movies, where he played character roles, e.g.

• Moe Howard [Moses Horowitz]

  Comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77.

• Moms Mabley

  American comedian (Born 1894).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Tony Orlando and Dawn - He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)
2. Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star
3. Freddy Fender - Before The Next Teardrop Falls
4. B.J. Thomas - (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
5. John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby
2. Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
3. The Sweet - Fox On The Run
4. Mud - Oh Boy
5. Peter Shelley - Love Me Love My Dog