Page 13: Historical Events In May - 01

1989  David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered.   

1990  Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62.   

1991  A's Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal (vs Yankees)   

1991  Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy   

1991  Angola's civil war ends.   

1991  Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge   

1991  Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base.   

1991  Skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbian, homosexual and heterosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5000 in NYC.   

1991  Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies   

1992  Eric Houston results in the deaths of 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior.   

1992  Rickey Henderson steals his 1000th base   

1993  Bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die)   

1993  Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50.   

1994  Charles Kuralt retires as CBS newsman (On the Road)   

1994  Tornado and hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed.   

1994  Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34   

1995  Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs West Indies at Sabina Park   

1996  Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67   

1997  Toni Blair elected PM of UK.   

1997  Bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40.   

1998  Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62.   

1999  The body of British mountaineer George Mallory is are discovered on Mount Everest almost 75 years after he disappeared on a climbing expedition   

2002  Indian heat wave in India killing 1030 people.   

2005  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   

2006  Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes his nation's gas fields.   

2006  The Great American Boycott takes place across the United States as marers protest for immigration rights   

2009  Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden   

2009  Bolivian dengue fever epidemic in Bolivia killing 18 people.   

2009  Gujarat hepatitis outbreak in India killing 49 people   

2009  Dengue fever in Queensland, Australia   

2009  Mumps outbreaks in the 2000s in Worldwide   

2009  10 West African meningitis outbreak in West Africa killing 1100 people   

2009  flu pandemic (informally called "swine flu") in Worldwide killing 151700-575400 people   

2011  U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, has been killed during an American military operation in Pakistan.   

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1218  John i: Count of hainaut   

1218  Rudolph i of germany: Emperor of the holy roman empire   

1238  Magnus vi lagabuter: King of norway (1263-80)   

1285  Edmund fitzalan: 9th earl of arundel, english politician   

1493  Phillippus paracelsus: Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  Franciscus junius: [francois du jon], french/neth calvinist theologist   

1567  Michiel jansz van mierevelt: Dutch royal painter   

1577  Francois van kinschot: Dutch treasurer   

0408  Arcadius: Eastern roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  Edith of scotland: First wife of henry i of england (b. c. 1080)   

1171  Dermot macmurrough: Last irish king of leinster,   

1240  Jacques de vitry: Cardinal-bishop of frascati and dean of the sacred college of cardinals   

1277  Death of Stefanus iv uros i de great: King of serbia (1243-76),   

1308  Albrecht i van habsburg: German king (1298-1308), murdered   

1447  Death of Louis vii: Duke of baveria (1413-43),   

1456  Hugues de lannoy: Flemish viceroy of holland/zealand,