May 26 British ship Atlantic Conveyor & Coventry were hit in Falkland war

May 12 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II

May 29 The first papal visit to Britain since 1531

May 19 Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion

May 25 STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad

May 07 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

May 03 President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts

May 19 IFK Göteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Göteborg

May 16 Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Republic

May 21 British troops lands on Falkland Islands

May 01 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville TN opens

May 13 Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi & Lebedev for 211 days in space

May 25 Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar

May 25 Ferguson Jenkins becomes the 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters

May 14 Braniff International Airways files for bankruptcy after 52 years in business, a victim of over-expansion and a weak economy. It is the first major U.S. airline to fold.

May 23 BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina

May 14 British troops return in force to the Falklands, fierce fighting brings heavy casualties to both sides in the next few weeks

May 28 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Great Britain

May 13 Terri Lea Utley, (20), from Arkansas, crowned 31st Miss USA

May 12 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)

May 03 New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget

May 26 Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam

May 18 Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion

May 14 Guinea adopts constitution

May 30 Spain becomes 16th member of NATO

May 03 ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)

May 29 "I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses hits #62

May 12 FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II

May 23 Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles

May 05 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 0

May 05 Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 0

May 16 Columbia moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating in preparation for STS-4

May 13 Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy

May 07 IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1

May 04 British Destroyer HMS Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket catches fire and later flounders, many sailors die

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