May 1997 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1997 Toni Blair elected Prime Minister of the UK
• 02 May 1997 Police arrest transsexual hooker Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy
• 03 May 1997 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3.
• 04 May 1997 Sprint Titleholders LPGA Championship
• 05 May 1997 Married With Children final episode on Fox TV
• 06 May 1997 Army Staff Sgt Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape
• 07 May 1997 Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants
• 08 May 1997 Tea Leoni and David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village
• 09 May 1997 First US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam.
• 10 May 1997 Chicago Cubs turn baseball's 68th triple play (vs San Francisco Giants).
• 11 May 1997 Play On! closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances
• 12 May 1997 Angels scores 13 in 7th vs. White Sox
• 13 May 1997 Eddie Murray is sixth baseball player to play in 3,000 games.
• 14 May 1997 The Star Alliance is formed between Air Canada, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines System, Thai Airways International and United Airlines.
• 15 May 1997 STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission.
• 16 May 1997 Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA.
• 17 May 1997 Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London
• 18 May 1997 King David, opens at New Amsterdam Theater, New York City
• 19 May 1997 Millie, dog of President Bush, dies at age 12.
• 20 May 1997 Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway / USA), Successful
• 21 May 1997 Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time
• 23 May 1997 King David, closes at New Amsterdam Theater, New York City
• 24 May 1997 STS 84 (Atlantis 19), lands
• 25 May 1997 Bell Atlantic Senior Golf Classic
• 26 May 1997 Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) and Tony Womack (Pittsburgh Pirates) hit inside the park homeruns.
• 27 May 1997 Arie Luyendyk wins his 2nd Indianapolis 500
• 28 May 1997 Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis
• 29 May 1997 Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape / murder of Megan Kanka, 7
• 30 May 1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12-year-old grandson.
• 31 May 1997 Once Upon a Matress, closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 187 performances

Famous Birthday

• Zane Huett

  American actor.

• Desiigner
• Riley Griffiths
• Odeya Rush

  Movie Actress.

• Ousmane Dembélé
• BamBam (singer)
• Manushi Chhillar
• Omar Jasika
• Cupcakke
• Perla Haney-Jardine
• BamBam

  Pop Singer.

• Jimmy Whetzel

  YouTube Star.

• Pyrocynical

  YouTube Star.

• Nick Purcha

  TV Actor.

• Brandon Hudson

  Pop Singer.

• Perla Haney-jardine

  Movie Actress.

• Jake Foushee

  Vine Star.

• Chase Payton

  YouNow Star.

• Madilyn Paige

  Pop Singer.

• Kinda Sarah

  Vine Star.

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Famous Deaths

• Narciso Yepes

  Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1997).

• Marco Ferreri

  Italian film director whose films are based with an absurd sense of humor and grotesque settings.

• Edward Mulhare

  Cork City, Ireland -- Actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir).

• Harry Blackstone Jr

  American magician, at age 62 of cancer (born 1934).

• Vijayananda Dahanayake

  Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies.

• Kai-Uwe Von Hassel

  German President of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72), dies.

• Brenda Carlin

  TV producer/wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at age 57.

• Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco

  descendant of Dracula, dies at age 76.

• Virgilio Boat

  President of Colombia (1986-90), dies.

• Muhammad Fadhel

  Prime Minister of Iraq (1953-54), dies.

• Manfred Von Ardenne

  German scientific pioneer, dies at age 90.

• Rosie Will Monroe

  World War II icon (Rosie the riveter), dies at age 76.

• Bebe

  AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40.

• Joan Weston

  American Roller Derby (Born 1935).

• Elbridge Durbrow

  American diplomat (Born 1903).

• Matt Gunther

  American pornographic actor (Born 1963).

• Rawya Ateya

  Egyptian politician and first female parliamentarian in the Arab world (Born 1926).

• Laurie Lee

  English author and poet (d. 1997).

• George Fenneman

  American radio and television announcer (Born 1919).

• Alvy Moore

  Actor / producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
2. Hanson - MMMbop
3. Puff Daddy - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
4. Jewel - You Were Meant For Me
5. Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
2. The Cardigans - Lovefool
3. DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima
4. Olive - You're Not Alone
5. No Doubt - Don't Speak