Historical Events In May - 01
1987 Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun
1988 IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3
1989 135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to the public
1989 US Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting
1991 A's Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal (vs Yankees)
1991 Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy
1991 Angola's civil war ends
1991 Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge
1991 Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base
1991 Skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbian, homosexual &heterosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in NYC
1992 Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior
1992 Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base
1993 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die)
1994 Charles Kuralt retires as CBS newsman (On the Road)
1994 Tornado &hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed
1995 Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs West Indies at Sabina Park
1997 Toni Blair elected PM of UK
1998 Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62
1999 The body of British mountaineer George Mallory is found on Mount Everest almost 75 years after he disappeared on a climbing expedition.
1906 Troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest
1925 The island of Cyprus becomes a British colony
1931 The Empire State Building, in New York, is completed
1960 Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR
1968 Legoland, in Denmark, opens
1769 The birth of Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington
1916 The birth of Glenn Ford, American film actor
2005 A suicide attack targets a Kurdish funeral in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar, near Mosul, and leaves at least 25 people dead and more than 30 others injured. Earlier, at least five policemen and four civilians were killed in two separate attacks in Baghdad.
2006 Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes his nation's gas fields.
2006 The Great American Boycott takes place across the United States as marers protest for immigration rights.
2009 Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
2009 Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
