May 1991 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1991 Will Rogers Follies opens at Palace Theater NYC for 983 performances
• 03 May 1991 356th and final episode of CBS-TV's second-longest-running series Dallas, second only to Gunsmoke.
• 04 May 1991 Actress Sharon Gless and producer Barney Rosenzeig wed
• 05 May 1991 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic.
• 06 May 1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
• 08 May 1991 CIA director William H Webster resigns
• 09 May 1991 Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession
• 12 May 1991 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic.
• 13 May 1991 Michael Jackson: Magic & Madness goes on sale
• 14 May 1991 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal
• 15 May 1991 President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland Athletics-Baltimore Oriole game
• 16 May 1991 Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson
• 17 May 1991 Lupita Jones, 23, of MTxico, crowned 40th Miss Universe.
• 18 May 1991 117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54.
• 19 May 1991 Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story closes at Shubert NYC after 225 performances
• 20 May 1991 Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad.
• 21 May 1991 Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
• 22 May 1991 Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome.
• 23 May 1991 San Diego Sockers win fourth consecutive Major Soccer League championship.
• 24 May 1991 Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
• 25 May 1991 People Are Still Having Sex, by LaTour hits #35
• 26 May 1991 Betsy King wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
• 27 May 1991 Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die
• 28 May 1991 Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa.
• 29 May 1991 Les Miserables, opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland New Zealand
• 30 May 1991 64th US National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling "antipyretic".
• 31 May 1991 Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia.

Famous Birthday

• Azealia Banks

  American rapper, singer, and songwriter.

• Lena Meyer-Landrut

  Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut, known professionally as Lena, is a German singer-songwriter.

• Suho (Exo-K)
• Grigor Dimitrov

  Bulgarian tennis player.

• Brittani Kline
• Lou Lesage
• Jennifer Hof
• Ali Stephens
• Bastian Baker
• Francisco Lachowski

  Model.

• Ashley Wagner

  Figure Skater.

• Solweig Rediger-Lizlow
• Ínigo Martínez
• Farrah Abraham

  Reality Star.

• Alexandre Lacazette

  Soccer Player.

• Johanna Konta

  Australian-English tennis player.

• Marlon Webb

  Vine Star.

• P-Lo

  Music Producer.

• Farruko

  Reggae Singer.

• Rueben Randle

  Football Player.

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Famous Deaths

• Rajiv Gandhi

  Indian politician and noted family, the eldest son of Indira Gandhi.

• John Edward

  American psychic, host of the TV series "Crossing Over With John Edward," in which he roams through his studio audiences, transmitting...

• Jerzy Kosinski

  Polish-born American novelist (d. 1991).

• Richard Thorpe

  American director and screenwriter (d. 1991).

• Tom Eyen

  American playwright, lyricist, television writer and theatre director.

• Dennis Crosby

  American actor and noted family, the third son of Bing and Dixie Crosby, a twin born three minutes after his brother Philip.

• Hal Bell

  Dies at 65.

• Rini Otte

  Dutch actress (Ergens in Nederland), dies at 74.

• Jersy Kosinski

  Author (Being There), dies at 57.

• Filip J Field

  Dies at 67.

• Ho Dam

  Foreign Minister North-Korea (1970-83).

• Julian Orbon De Soto

  Composer, dies at 65.

• Bobby Dale

  Dies at 92.

• Jean Van Joutte

  Prime Minister of Belgium (1952-54).

• Armand HF Boni [Armand the Good]

  Flemish Poet / writer.

• Margaret Tallichet

  Actress (Stranger on the 3rd Floor).

• Brigitte B Fischer

  Writer.

• Ed Dodd

  Cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88.

• Angus Wilson [Johnstone-W]

  British writer (Wrong Set).

• Thomas A Carlin

  Dies at 62.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Amy Grant - Baby Baby
2. Roxette - Joyride
3. Hi-Five - I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)
4. Mariah Carey - I Don't Wanna Cry
5. Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only
2. Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
3. James - Sit Down
4. The KLF featuring The Children Of The Revolution - Last Train To Trancentral
5. The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon