May 12 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi

May 14 Northwest of Madagascar a6.4 quake was felt at Mtwara and Newala, Tanzania and in the Mocimbao da Praia area, Mozambique. Believed to be the largest instrumentally located hypocenter in this area

May 18 "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3

May 08 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

May 20 FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for USSR

May 28 David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut Lebanon

May 22 US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR

May 10 In the New Britian Region a7.3 quake resulted in one person killed. Damage in the Bialla-Hoskins area. Extensive landslides, debris flows and fallen trees in the Nakanai Mountains

May 16 Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year

May 11 Madonna's "Crazy For You" single goes #1

May 28 Discovery moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating of STS 51-G

May 20 Dow Jones industrial average closes above 1300 for first time

May 31 41 Tornados in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York & Canada kill 88 & injure more than 1,000

May 01 US President Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua

May 27 Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan

May 01 "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels

May 24 "View to a Kill" premieres in US

May 20 Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

May 06 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards Air Force Base

May 11 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground

May 10 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly Air Force Base

May 24 Cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die

May 16 Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium

May 08 20th Academy of Country Music Awards Alabama & Judds win

May 16 Sinn Fein wins its first seats in the Northern Ireland local elections

May 05 The first husband and wife team to win a major marathon, Ken and Lisa Maratin, won over $50,000 for their first-place finishes in the Pittsburgh Marathon.

May 29 Thirty-five spectators die when rioting erupts at the European Cup soccer final in Brussels

May 13 Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move", kills 11

May 25 Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed

May 31 New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000

May 18 The first remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)

May 11 Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands

May 17 Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska

May 31 Guatemala adopts constitution

May 26 Danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin

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