May 01 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.

May 02 A blast at an illegal munitions store in northern Afghanistan kills 28 people and injures at least 13 others.

May 02 Death of Wee Kim Wee, President of Singapore (b. 1915)

May 03 At least 32 people are killed and nine others injured when three two-story buildings in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed after gas cylinders stored in one of them exploded.

May 04 In one of the largest insurgent attacks in Iraq to date, at least 60 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bombing at a Kurdish police recruitment center in Irbil, northern Iraq.

May 05 The United Kingdom votes in the 205 general election. The Labour Party is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority.

May 05 Two homemade bombs explode outside the British consulate in New York, USA.

May 07 Plane Crash in Lockhart River, Australia kills 15 people.

May 07 Death of Peter Wallace Rodino, U.S. Congressman (b. 1909)

May 09 A town in Brazil declares Orgasm Day.

May 10 A hand grenade ostensibly thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 10 feet (30 m) from United States President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but malfunctions and does not detonate.

May 11 Serial killer Michael Ross became first person executed in New England in 45 years.

May 12 An election was held in the Cayman Islands 7 months later than originally scheduled due to Hurricane Ivan. It resulted in a change of government, with the United Democratic Party giving four seats to the then-opposition People's Progressive Movement in the 15 member Legislative Assembly.

May 13 Uzbek troops kill up to 70 during protests in eastern Uzbekistan over the trials of 23 accused Islamic extremists. President Islam Karimov defends the act.

May 13 The United States Department of Defense issues a list of bases to be closed as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process (BRAC 205).

May 13 The final episode of the TV series Star Trek: Enterprise is broadcast in the United States. This episode marks the first time since 1987 that a Star Trek series is not in production.

May 15 A passenger ferry capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the Bura Gauranga River in Bangladesh, leaving over 10 people missing.

May 16 Sony officially unveiled its PlayStation 3 game console at an E3 conference.

May 16 George Galloway appears before a U.S. Senate committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme.

May 17 Kuwaiti women granted right to vote.

May 19 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith released, effectively completing the Star Wars movie saga begun by George Lucas in 1977 and shattering the opening day box-office record with $50,013,859.

May 19 The Canadian House of Commons members narrowly pass two budget bills at second reading allowing the minority Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin to stay in power.

May 21 Greece wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine.

May 22 Death of Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor, voice of Tony the Tiger (b. 1914)

May 24 Death of Vivian Liberto, ex-wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934)

May 25 Death of Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938)

May 25 Liverpool F.C. win the UEFA Champions League by defeating AC Milan 3-2 in a penalty shootout in Istanbul.

May 25 The Acting Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, resigned for participating in the Chief Executive Election in July. As a result, Henry Tang and Michael Suen had become the Acting Chief Executive and Acting Chief Secretary for Administration respectively.

May 29 French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject.

May 31 W. Mark Felt is confirmed to be Deep Throat.

Jan 01 Death of Shirley Chisholm, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1924)

Jan 01 Death of Bob Matsui, U.S. Congressman from California (b. 1941)

Jan 04 Death of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri, assassinated by gunmen.

Jan 04 Death of Ali al-Haidri, Governor of Baghdad (assassinated)

Jan 09 The same storm which pounded the US earlier in the month hit England and Scandinavia, leaving 13 dead with widespread flooding and power cuts.

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