May 1984 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1984 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
• 02 May 1984 Sunday in the Park with George opens at Booth NYC for 604 performances
• 05 May 1984 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4.
• 06 May 1984 Baltimore Orioles' player Cal Ripken Jr hits for the cycle.
• 07 May 1984 Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic.
• 08 May 1984 USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
• 09 May 1984 White Sox and Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game
• 10 May 1984 International Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua.
• 11 May 1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
• 12 May 1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
• 13 May 1984 Oliver! closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 17 performances
• 14 May 1984 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama wins.
• 16 May 1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 17 May 1984 Cincinnati Reds' Mario Soto throws four strikeouts in one inning.
• 19 May 1984 King Of Suede by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
• 20 May 1984 On Your Toes closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 505 performances
• 21 May 1984 Atari introduces the Atari 7800 ProSystem video game system. It features higher resolution graphics than the Atari 5200, optional keyboard to make it a home computer, and compatibility with Atari 2600 cartridges. Price is US$149.
• 23 May 1984 Detroit Tigers win 16th straight road game, tying American League record.
• 24 May 1984 Wiz opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 13 performances
• 25 May 1984 Detroit Tigers loss to Seattle Mariners 7-3 ends record-tying 17 consecutive wins.
• 26 May 1984 Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla
• 27 May 1984 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
• 29 May 1984 Boston Red Sox retires number 9 (Ted Williams) and number 4 (Joe Cronin).
• 30 May 1984 NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th
• 31 May 1984 57th US National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling "luge".

Famous Birthday

• Mark Zuckerberg

  American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur.

• Carmelo Anthony

  American basketball player.

• Andrés Iniesta

  Spanish footballer.

• Olly Murs

  English singer-songwriter and television presenter ("The Xtra Factor").

• Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir

  Icelandic beauty pageant constestant (Miss World 2005).

• Cheryl Burke

  American dancer and choreographer whose exotic looks, voluptuous body, girl-next-door manner and seductive dance style brought her into the...

• Adam Anderson (musician)
• François-David Cardonnel
• Sarah Meier

  Swiss figure skater.

• Inna Modja

  Malian-French singer.

• Daniela Ferolla

  Italian beauty queen, voted Miss Italy 2001.

• Laverne Cox

  TV Actress.

• Gauthier Grumier
• Cambridge (United Kingdom)
• Martin Compston

  Scottish footballer and actor.

• Melany Denyse
• Marnie Schulenburg

  American actress, she plays Alison Stewart in the soap opera, "As the World Turns.

• Prince Fielder

  American baseball player.

• Christine Ohuruogu

  English runner.

• Martina Guiggi
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Famous Deaths

• Andy Kaufman

  American actor who performed his off-beat, highly original, stand-up comedy and impressionist routine on TV, in clubs and concerts.

• Diana Dors

  British actress with an ample bosom who often played a good-time-girl.

• Eric Morecambe

  British comedian of over 40 years with partner Ernie Wise until his death on 5/28/1984.

• Bob Clampett

  American animator director and producer (d. 1984).

• Irwin Shaw

  American writer (Rich Man, Poor Man), dies at age 71 (born 1913).

• Robert Moore

  American Ph.

• Lionel Charles Robbins

  British economist, dies at age 85.

• Piet Ketting

  Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at age 79.

• Bonner Pink

  British Conservative Party politician (Born 1912).

• Gordon Jenkins

  Webster Grove, Missouri -- Orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour).

• Walter Rauff

  German SS officer (d. 1984).

• Gino Bianco

  Brazilian race car driver (d. 1984).

• John Betjeman

  English poet and Poet Laureate (Born 1906).

• Ann Little

  American actress (Born 1891).

• Francis Schaeffer

  American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (Born 1912).

• Piet van Aken

  Flemish writer, dies at 64.

• Andrea Leeds

  Actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70.

• Peter Bull

  British actor (Dr Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72.

• John Marley

  Actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery.

• Lila Bell Wallace

  American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest) (Born 1890).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
2. Lionel Richie - Hello
3. Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy
4. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
5. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Duran Duran - The Reflex
2. Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
3. The Pointer Sisters - Automatic
4. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
5. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)