May 05 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)

May 25 "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating

May 01 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC

May 31 "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8

May 16 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

May 30 Gibraltar adopts constitution

May 31 Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amour"

May 28 AC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid

May 21 Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death

May 10 Turtles play the White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times

May 20 US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam

May 16 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute

May 29 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes first crossing of Arctic Sea ice

May 23 The Who release the rock opera "Tommy"

May 15 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court

May 26 Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth

May 25 Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup

May 11 Monty Python comedy troupe forms

May 14 Abortion & contraception legalized in Canada

May 08 Cambodia recognizes German Democratic Republic

May 22 Stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 miles (15km) above lunar surface

May 24 The birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader

May 16 The Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault

May 30 People revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao

May 18 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 122 performances

May 16 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere

May 02 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York

May 26 John & Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montréal)

May 16 Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam

May 17 Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus

May 21 Slovan Bratislava wins 9th Europe Cup II in Basel

May 01 Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting

May 14 Last Chevrolet Corsair built

May 24 Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks

May 18 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit

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