Page 8: Historical Events In May - 07

1960  "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances   

1960  Leonid Brezhnev is recorded as becoming the President of the USSR.   

1960  In this year, Leonid Brezhnev formally adopts in place of Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR.   

1960  Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship   

1960  USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy   

1962  Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960).   

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77   

1963  Bruno Sammartino is recorded as becoming WWF champion   

1963  SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6700 miles (10800 km))   

1966  Mamas and Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1   

1967  Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54.   

1968  Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41.   

1969  Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, is recorded as becoming deputy director of CIA.   

1970  "Long and Winding Road" is recorded as becoming Beatles' last American release   

1970  Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60.   

1971  Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83.   

1973  Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter).   

1973  US President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair.   

1974  Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin).   

1975  President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era".   

1975  Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays   

1977  Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73.   

1980  Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried   

1980  Samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC.   

1981  Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79   

1982  In this year, IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1   

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1982  Alfred Adam, dies at 72.   

1983  August Hoffman performs record 29051 consecutive sit-ups.   

1983  Peter Edel, writer, dies.   

1984  $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit   

1984  In Southern Italy a 5.8 earthquake killed three people and at least 100 injured, and extensive damage in the Abruzzo area.   

1985  Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54   

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1328  Louis vi the roman: Duke of bavaria   

1530  Louis i condé: French prince/leader of hugenots   

1574  Innocent x: [giambattista pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)   

1643  Stephanus van cortlandt: American politician   

1700  Gerard van swieten: Dutch botanist   

1704  Carl heinrich graun: Composer   

1724  Dagobert sigmund von wurmser: Austrian general   

1740  Nikolai arkharov: Russian general   

0685  Death of Marwan i ibn al-hakam: 4th kalief of omajjaden (684-85),   

0973  Otto i the great: Holy roman emperor (962-973),   

1092  Remigius de fécamp: First bishop of lincoln (b. unknown)   

1166  Willem i: The bad, king of sicily (1154-66)   

1205  Death of Ladislaus iii arpad: King of hungary (1204-05),   

1427  Thomas la warr: 5th baron de la warr, english churchman   

1523  Franz von sickingen: Germ knight/protect of poor,   

1539  Death of Guru nanak dev: Founder of sikhism (b. 1469)