May 1979 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1979 Marshall Islands (in the Pacific) become self-governing.
• 02 May 1979 Quadrophenia premieres in London
• 03 May 1979 1st woman Prime Minister of Great Britain
• 04 May 1979 Jackie Mercer wins her fourth golf title 31 years after her first.
• 05 May 1979 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4.
• 06 May 1979 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 81.8 kph over 200 metres.
• 07 May 1979 Gary Roenicke hits into Baltimore Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland Athletics).
• 08 May 1979 Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
• 09 May 1979 US and the USSR sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons
• 10 May 1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
• 13 May 1979 Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall opens and closes at Mark Hellinger, New York City
• 16 May 1979 NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M
• 17 May 1979 Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation
• 19 May 1979 In The Navy by Village People hits #3
• 20 May 1979 I Love My Wife closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 864 performances
• 21 May 1979 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers, 4 games to 1
• 22 May 1979 Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau.
• 23 May 1979 Kids Are All Right premieres
• 24 May 1979 Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar.
• 25 May 1979 Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt.
• 27 May 1979 Penny Pulz wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
• 28 May 1979 European Market accepts Greece as member.
• 30 May 1979 Pat Underwood makes his pitching debut for Detroit Tigers, beats brother Tom.
• 31 May 1979 I Remember Mama opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 108 performances

Famous Birthday

• Andrea Pirlo

  Italian footballer.

• Rosario Dawson

  American actress.

• Monica Keena

  American actress.

• Pierre Bouvier

  Canadian musician (Simple Plan).

• Jonny Wilkinson

  English player of the rugby union.

• Lance Bass

  American pop singer, dancer, actor, film and television producer, and author.

• Maggie Q

  American actress.

• Mickaël Landreau

  French football/soccer goalkeeper, who has 11 caps for the French national team.

• Prince Carl Philip Duke of Värmland
• Bérénice Marlohe

  French actress.

• Sid Ahmed Rezala
• Vincent Kartheiser

  American actor.

• Lee Hyori

  South Korean singer.

• Ayda Field
• Lukas (Star Academy)
• Jesse Bradford

  American actor.

• Manuel Cortez

  Portuguese-German actor and photographer.

• Kaila Yu
• Nicolas Figère

  French hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 80.

• Max Boublil
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Famous Deaths

• Mary Pickford

  Canadian-American actress.

• Giulio Natta

  Italian chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1963 along with Karl Ziegler, for their contributions to macro molecular chemistry, more...

• Louis Paul Boon

  Flemish writer (Eros & the Lonely Man), dies at 67.

• Jan Arvan

  Actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro).

• Jack Raine

  Actor (Quartet), dies at 82.

• Cyrus S Eaton

  Canada/US multi-millionaire, dies at age 95.

• John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton

  satirist (Beachcomber), dies.

• Lester Raymond Flatt

  musician (Flatt and Scruggs - "Ballad of Jed Clampett"), dies at age 64.

• Asa Philip Randolph

  labor leader and civil rights pioneer, dies at age 90.

• Hubert van Doorne

  auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at age 79.

• A Philip Randolph

  American civil rights activist and labor union leader (Born 1889).

• John Arthur Spenkelink

  American murderer (Born 1949).

• John H Wood

  Jr.

• Lester Flatt

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys and Nashville Grass) (d. 1979).

• Talcott Parsons

  American sociologist and academic (d. 1979).

• Cyrus Eaton

  Canadian-American businessman and industrialist (Born 1883).

• Lan Adomian

  Composer, dies at 73.

• George Brent

  Actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75.

• Joan Chandler

  Dies at 55.

• Nelly Aenders

  Actress (In Pyama), dies at 65.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Peaches & Herb - Reunited
2. Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
3. Blondie - Heart Of Glass
4. Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer
5. Village People - In The Navy

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes
2. Blondie - Sunday Girl
3. M - Pop Muzik
4. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
5. Roxy Music - Dance Away