May 1976 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1976 Jos Hermens on the Netherlands sets record for 20,000 metre, 57:24.2.
• 02 May 1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic.
• 04 May 1976 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 7 performances
• 05 May 1976 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II.
• 06 May 1976 An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
• 08 May 1976 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 performances
• 09 May 1976 So Long 174th St closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 performances
• 11 May 1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
• 12 May 1976 Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1.
• 14 May 1976 Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter
• 15 May 1976 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
• 16 May 1976 Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic.
• 17 May 1976 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson and M Learned
• 19 May 1976 Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge.
• 22 May 1976 St. Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR
• 24 May 1976 Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
• 25 May 1976 Heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali knocks out Richard Dunn in five rounds for heavyweight boxing title in Munich, Germany.
• 29 May 1976 One Piece At A Time by Johnny Cash hits #29
• 30 May 1976 22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt.
• 31 May 1976 Syria intervenes in the Lebanese Civil War in opposition to the Palestine Liberation Organization, whom it had previously supported.

Famous Birthday

• Colin Farrell

  Irish actor whose breakthrough role came when he landed a role iin Ballykissangel, a popular TV series by the BBC.

• Cillian Murphy

  Movie Actor.

• Kandi Burruss

  R&B Singer.

• Sophie Thalmann
• Kelly Monaco

  TV Actress.

• Kevin Garnett

  NBA forward (Minnesota Timberwolves).

• Heather Kozar

  Akron, Ohio -- Playmate (Jan, 1998).

• Sage Stallone

  Movie Actor.

• Zoé Félix

  French actress discovered by an agent, Myriam Bru, in a bus at the age of 17.

• Martine McCutcheon

  British actress, a twenty-something soap star in "EastEnders," playing the role of Tiffany, before she left the show in 1999 and moved into...

• Jordyn Blum
• Rochelle Aytes

  Actress.

• Violante Placido

  Actress.

• Cyrille Thouvenin
• Stockholm (Sweden)
• Bahia (Brazil)
• Magnus Norman

  Swedish tennis player and coach.

• Elenoire Casalegno

  Italian television presenter, actress and model.

• Yusuke Iseya

  Japanese model and actor.

• Marcel Fässler (racing driver)
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Famous Deaths

• Ulrike Meinhof

  Lead Germany Red Army Faction.

• Thomas Burnett Swann

  Sci-fi Author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47.

• Camille Schmit

  Composer, dies at 68.

• J Anaya

  Bolivian military / ambassador to France, murdered.

• Sulo Nikolai Salonen

  Composer, dies at 77.

• Alan Baxter

  Dies at 67.

• Martin Heidegger in Messkirch

  Germany; philosopher, taught at University of Freiburg.

• Raymond Chevreuille

  Belgian composer, dies at age 74.

• Melle J Oldeboerrigter ("Melle")

  painter/cartoonist, dies at age 65.

• Henk Lankhorst

  pacifist/Dutch Member of Parliament (PSP), dies at age 62.

• Martha Mitchell

  wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, dies in New York at age 57.

• TRM Howard

  civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (Born 1908).

• Jens Bj?rneboe

  Norwegian author (Born 1920).

• Elias Aslaksen

  Norwegian religious figure (Born 1888).

• Hector Gutierrez Ruiz

  Uruguayan National Party politician (Born 1934).

• Juan Maino

  Chilean leader of MAPU, ''disappeared''.

• Steffan Danielsen

  Faroese painter (Born 1922).

• Ulrike Meinhof

  German journalist, left-wing activist and author, later part of the Baader/Meinhof group, who used terrorism as a form of political protest.

• Max Carey

  American baseball player and manager (d. 1976).

• Alvar Aalto

  Finnish architect designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre (d. 1976).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
2. John Sebastian - Welcome Back
3. The Sylvers - Boogie Fever
4. Wings - Silly Love Songs
5. Diana Ross - Love Hangover

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
2. Abba - Fernando
3. Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me
4. JJ Barrie - No Charge
5. John Miles - Music