Historical Events In May - 05
Thursday, 25 April 2024
1962 Ernest Tyldesley, cricketer (990 runs in 14 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.
1963 Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies on May - 05.
1964 Separatists riot in Québec on this day in history.
1965 On this day in history the first large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
1966 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2 on May - 05.
1966 On May - 05 willie Mays hit his 512th homerun
1966 On this day in history willie Mays hit home run number 512 of his career
1966 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2 on this day in history.
1968 On this day in history albert Dekker, dies of accidental suffocation at 62
1969 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night) on May - 05.
1969 Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1970 On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
1971 On May - 05 race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)
1971 On May - 05 alice Tissot, actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81
1972 On May - 05 alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
1972 On May - 05 rev Gary David, vocalist, dies at 76
1973 On May - 05 56,800 fans paid $309,000 to see Led Zeppelin at Tampa Stadium.
1975 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels) on May - 05.
1976 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II on May - 05.
1976 On May - 05 train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24
1976 On this day in history thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47
1977 On May - 05 ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80
1978 On May - 05 pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds smacked his 3,000th major-league hit.
1978 On May - 05 alfred H H Gilligan, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
1979 Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history voyager 1 passes Jupiter
1979 On May - 05 shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at 68
1980 Saipan and other Navy ships provided humanitarian search and rescue support operations for the vast sealift of Cuban refugees heading for the U.S. through the Florida Straits on this day in history.
1980 On May - 05 siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos & police stormed the building
1980 Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79 on May - 05.
1981 On May - 05 bobby Sands, IRA activist/terrorist dies in the 66th day of his hunger strike
1982 On this day in history stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 0
1982 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 0 on May - 05.
1983 On May - 05 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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