Historical Events In May - 11

1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms

1970 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise

1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by the FBI on Dick Cavett Show

1972 Stanley Cup Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2

1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1973 Dutch Government of Uyl forms

1974 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83

1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7

1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"

1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market

1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation

1976 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV

1977 Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II

1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game

1978 Margaret A Brewer is first female general in the US Marine Corps

1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London

1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks

1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC

1983 Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II

1983 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth

1983 In West Pubnico Nova Scotia a mob of 100 fishermen burn and sink two fisheries patrol boats at to protest lobster quotas.

1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer

1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars

1985 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground

1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India

1985 Madonna's "Crazy For You" single goes #1

1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands

1987 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines

1987 First heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)

1987 The first heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)

1988 France performs nuclear test

1988 KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II

1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)

1989 217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired

1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

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