May 1988 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1988 Romance / Romance opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 297 performances
• 02 May 1988 Baltimore Orioles sign a 15-year lease to remain in Baltimore and get a new park.
• 03 May 1988 4,200kg Colombian cocaine is seized at Tarpon Springs, Florida.
• 04 May 1988 A major explosion at an industrial solid-fuel rocket plant in Henderson, Nevada, causes damage extending up to 10 miles away, including Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport.
• 05 May 1988 Eugene A Marino installed as 1st black US Archbishop
• 06 May 1988 Graeme Hick scores 405 for Worcestershire versus Somerset 35 fours 11 sixes.
• 07 May 1988 114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2.
• 08 May 1988 Oba Oba closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 46 performances
• 09 May 1988 Belgium: 8th government of Martens forms
• 11 May 1988 KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II.
• 12 May 1988 Carrie opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 5 performances
• 14 May 1988 Mail closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 36 performances
• 15 May 1988 Carrie closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 5 performances
• 16 May 1988 Surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin
• 18 May 1988 Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen.
• 19 May 1988 Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medell?n drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than three tons of cocaine into US.
• 20 May 1988 Mike Schmidt hits his 535th homerun, moving into 8th place.
• 21 May 1988 Fat by Weird Al Yankovic hits #99
• 22 May 1988 34th LPGA Championship won by Sherri Turner.
• 23 May 1988 Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990
• 24 May 1988 Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe.
• 25 May 1988 PSV wins Europe Cup.
• 27 May 1988 US Senate ratifies a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles.
• 28 May 1988 Genie Francis (General Hospital) weds Jonathan Frakes
• 29 May 1988 President Zia ul-Haq fires government / disbands parliament in Pakistan
• 31 May 1988 U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses 600 Moscow State University students, during his visit to the Soviet Union.

Famous Birthday

• Adele (singer)
• Karrueche Tran

  Model.

• Nikki Reed

  American actress.

• Anushka Sharma

  Indian actress and model.

• Taeyang (singer)
• Lylah (singer)
• Jessica Dubroff

  American pilot at the age of seven, aiming to be the youngest pilot to cross the U.S.

• Léa François
• Brooke Hogan

  American singer and television personality.

• Vahinerii Requillart
• Meisa Kuroki

  Japanese actress and singer.

• Trisha Paytas

  YouTube Star.

• Carmen Jordá
• Pénélope Bonna
• Skye Sweetnam

  Rock Singer.

• Tara Thompson
• Antonija Misura
• Casey Donovan

  Australian singer, winner of the 2004 Australian Idol TV show, the youngest to date to win an Idol competition and the first Australian...

• Marcelo Vieira

  Soccer Player.

• Daniella Álvarez
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Famous Deaths

• Chet Baker

  Jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59.

• Kim Philby

  British double agent, a master spy and traitor, the mysterious "third man" whose unmasking as Soviet agent in 1963 rocked the empire.

• Giorgio Almirante

  Italian politician, the longtime leader of Italy's small but vocal Neo-Fascist party.

• Ella Raines

  Actress (Uncle Harry, Runaround, Impact), dies at 66.

• Carroll Righter

  American professional astrologer and syndicated columnist in daily papers read in 30 million homes.

• Sy Oliver

  American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader (Born 1910).

• H A R (Kim) Philby

  British double agent, dies (born 1912).

• Kay Baxter

  Best Bodybuilder in the World (1983-85), dies in car crash at age 42.

• Louise Wood

  director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at age 78.

• Dino Conte Grandi

  Italian delegate to League of Nations, dies at age 92.

• James "Hamish" Hamilton

  British publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at age 87.

• Melvin J "Cy" Oliver

  US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at age 77.

• George Pyrounakis

  Greek Orthodox theologian and priest (Born 1910).

• Aya Kito

  Japanese diarist (Born 1962).

• Robert O'Reilly

  Australian singer (Born 1940).

• Willem Drees

  Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1948-1958.

• Paolo Stoppa

  Italian film and stage actor.

• Florida Friebus

  American actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at age 79 (born 1909).

• Renato Salvatori

  Actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women).

• Michael Shaara

  American author and academic (d. 1988).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go
2. Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well
3. Gloria Estefan - Anything For You
4. George Michael - One More Try
5. Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Wet Wet Wet / Billy Bragg With Cara Tivey - With A Little Help From My Friends / She's Leaving Home
2. Fairground Attraction - Perfect
3. Liverpool FC - Anfield Rap (Red Machine In Full Effect)
4. S-Express - Theme From S-Express
5. Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain