Page 8: Historical Events In May - 02

1975  Apple records closes down   

1975  US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation   

1975  USS Midway off-loaded at Utapao, Thailand, over 40 USAF helicopters used in South Vietnam evacuation operations.   

1977  "The King and I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances   

1979  14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell win.   

1980  Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder.   

1980  Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa   

1980  Pope John Paul II begins African tour   

1980  Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies.   

1981  Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes   

1982  Argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives.   

1982  Falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men.   

1982  Helmut Dantine.   

1983  6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA   

1983  Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies.   

1984  Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66   

1985  Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery   

1986  In this year, Dynamo Kiev claims 26th Europe Cup II   

1986  In Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86;.   

1986  Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain   

1986  Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver British Columbia.   

1986  Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956).   

1988  Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4800000.   

1988  Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump   

1990  South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid.   

1990  David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38.   

1991  Hal Bell, dies at 65   

1992  Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic.   

1992  Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34   

1993  Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82.   

1994  Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed   

1994  Dr Kevokian are discovered innocent on assisting suicides   

1994  Michael Bolton are discovered to have plagiarized Isley Brothers "Love is Wonderful Thing".   

1994  Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65   

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1360  Yongle: Emperor of china   

1451  René ii: Duke of lorraine   

1458  Leonor of viseu: Queen of portugal   

1551  William camden: English historian (brittania, annales)   

1601  Athanasius kircher: German jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  Pietro alessandro gaspare scarlatti: Palermo italy, composer (tigrane)   

1695  Giovanni niccolo servandoni: Italian-born architect   

1702  Friedrich christoph oetinger: German theologian   

0373  Athanasius: Patriarch of alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  Maruta of tagrit: Theology/1st mafriaan jakobitische church,   

0756  Emperor shōmu: Emperor of japan (b. 701)   

0907  Death of Boris i of bulgaria: Boris i of bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de braose: Lord of abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  Toeransa: Sultan of egypt, murdered   

1300  Blanche of artois: Regent of navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  Death of William de la pole: 1st duke of suffolk, english military leader (b. 1396)