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May 03 Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72 
May 04 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
May 04 Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72.
May 05 John Williams, actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
May 07 Peter Edel, writer, dies.
May 10 "Laverne and Shirley" last airs on ABC-TV
May 10 John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92
May 10 Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
May 10 NSW Premier Neville Wran steps aside after allegations he sought to influence a magistrate.
May 11 "Dance a Little Closer" opens and closes at Minskoff Theater NYC.
May 11 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth
May 11 In this year, Aberdeen claims 23rd Europe Cup II.
May 11 In West Pubnico Nova Scotia a mob of 100 fishermen burn and sink two fisheries patrol boats at to protest lobster quotas
May 11 Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65
May 12 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA.
May 12 Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0
May 13 Reggie Jackson is recorded as becoming the inaugural major league baseball player to strike out 2000 times
May 14 Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/pres of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80.
May 15 Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion
May 16 Carel Brons, composer, dies at 52.
May 16 Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel
May 17 Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty
May 18 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program.
May 18 Sri Lanka impose a State of Emergency after election violence
May 19 Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies
May 19 Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington DC
May 20 Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
May 20 Michael Dokes and Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
May 21 "Bang The Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren hits #63.
May 21 Challenger moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base, for mating for STS-7 mission.
May 21 David Bowie's "Let's Dance" single goes #1.
May 21 Finn Einar Mortensen, composer, dies at 61
May 23 Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84
May 24 Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria
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