What Happened in May 1996

• May 1 "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
• May 1 Miami Heat beaten, 112-91 to Chicago Bulls to be swept 3-0 in round 1 of NBA Eastern Division playoffs; first time in his 14 years as head coach Pat Riley ousted in the opening round
• May 3 Martin Moxon & Michael Vaughan make 362 1st wkt Yorks v Glam

• May 4 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey wins aboard Grindstone, his second Derby victory (1993 Sea Hero)
• May 4 Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917
• May 5 "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances
• May 5 Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe
• May 6 Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of President Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war
• May 6 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford, Connecticut on WCCC 106.9 FM
• May 6 The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.

• May 8 Paris Saint-Germain of France win 36th European Cup Winner's Cup against Rapid Wien of Austria 1-0 in Brussels
• May 8 South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution

• May 10 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US & British war games
• May 10 Excel Communications, Inc. becomes the youngest company ever to join the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), trading under the symbol (ECI)
• May 11 Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0
• May 11 Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die
• May 12 "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances
• May 12 "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances

• May 12 Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8

• May 13 Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
• May 14 New York Yankees' controversial pitcher Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners, 2-0 at Yankee Stadium

• May 17 Habib & Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics v Worcs
• May 17 Venezuelan Alicia Machado, aged 18, crowned 45th Miss Universe

• May 18 41st Eurovision Song Contest: Eimear Quinn for Ireland wins singing "The Voice" in Oslo
• May 18 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner
• May 19 STS 77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit
• May 20 49th Cannes Film Festival: "Secrets & Lies" directed by Mike Leigh wins the Palme d'Or
• May 20 UN and Iraq agree to Resolution 986, which provides Iraq with the opportunity to sell $1 billion of oil for 90 days for a 180-day trial period; proceeds from the sale would be used for humanitarian purposes

• May 21 Blackout in many areas of Queens, NY

• May 21 The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed.
• May 22 "Tartuffe: Born Again" opens at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC; runs for 29 performances
• May 22 4th UEFA Champions League Final: Juventus beats Ajax (1-1, 4-2 on penalties) at Rome

• May 23 Fred Norris of the Howard Stern show changes his name legally to Eric
• May 24 "Spy Hard" starring Leslie Nielsen is released
• May 25 1st Super Rugby Final, Eden Park, Auckland: Blues win inaugural title with a 45-21 victory over the Natal Sharks; fullback Adrian Cashmore lands 3 penalties & 3 conversions for the home team
• May 25 Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American
• May 26 Indianapolis 500: first Indy 500 contested by Indy Racing League; many top CART teams boycott; Buddy Lazier wins marking Firestone's first Indy victory since 1971
• May 26 Parliamentary elections in Albania results are disputed, with irregularities and intimidation causing opposition parties to withdraw; pro-Western Democratic party wins over 50% of the vote
• May 26 Revival of William Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne, NYC after 65 performances

• May 29 NHL Western Conference Final: Colorado Avalanche beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2

• May 30 69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture
• May 30 Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play & nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension
• May 30 John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight"
• May 31 Mark Van Thillo and Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres Ventures

• May 3 Noah Munck, American actor (iCarly; The Goldbergs), born in Mission Viejo, California
• May 5 Jai Hindley, Australian road cyclist (Giro d'Italia 2022), born in Perth, Australia
• May 8 6ix9ine [Daniel Hernandez], American rapper and songwriter ("Trollz"), born in Brooklyn, New York (born May 8, 1996)
• May 9 Mary Matilyn Mouser, American child actress
• May 14 Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ, born in Amstelveen, Netherlands
• May 24 Matthew Eappen, baby killed by nanny Louise Woodward, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• May 26 Austin Michael Luciano, American actor (Dante Carlino-Another World) (d. 2019)
• May 26 J Hus [Momodou Lamin Jallow], English rapper and singer (Beautiful and Brutal Yard), born in London, England
• May 26 Zećira Mušović, Swedish football goalkeeper (Chelsea, Sweden), born in Falun, Sweden
• May 27 Minjee Lee, Australian golfer (Evian C'ship 2021; US Open 2022; 8 x LPGA Tour titles), born in Perth, Australia
• May 31 Normani [Hamilton], American singer (with Sam Smith - "Dancing With A Stranger"; solo -"Motivation"), and dancer, born in Atlanta, Georgia

• May 1 Actress and talk show host Kelly Ripa (26) weds film actor Mark Consuelos (25) in Las Vegas
• May 4 "CSI Miami" actor David Caruso (40) weds flight attendant Margaret Buckley (33)

• May 11 Fashion designer Cynthia Rowley (39) weds retail store designer Bill Keenan (43) at Manhattan City Hall in New York

• May 15 Auto racing champ-turned-TV commentator Danny Sullivan (46) weds former Manhattan financial planner Brenda Bosveld (33) in Monte Carlo, Monaco
• May 18 "As the World Turns" actor Shawn Christian (30) weds personal trainer Deborah Quinn in Gun Lake, Michigan

• May 18 NFL Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly (36) weds former marketing director Jill Waggoner (27) at St. Christopher's Catholic Church in suburban Buffalo
• May 25 American "As the World Turns" actress Kelley Menighan (29) weds American "As the World Turns" actor and singer Jon Hensley (31) in Chicago, Illinois; divorce in 2015
• May 26 "Seinfield" actor-comedian Wayne Knight (41) weds makeup artist Paula Sutor (44) in Pacific Palisades, California
• May 27 "Crosby, Stills & Nash" Rock and Roll Hall of Famer guitarist Stephen Stills (51) weds recording-studio manager Kristen Hathaway (30) at the Ritz-Carlton in Palm Beach, Florida

Deaths 1 - 100 of 114

• May 1 Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67
• May 1 Billy Byers, American jazz trombonist and arranger, dies on his 79th birthday
• May 1 Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, German-British film scholar and exhibitor, dies at 74
• May 2 Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, British politician and civil servant, dies at 97
• May 2 Emile Habibi, Palestinian Israeli writer (The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist), dies at 73
• May 2 Peter Swales, British soccer executive (Chairman Manchester City FC 1973-93; vice-president English FA), dies at 63
• May 3 Hermann Kesten, German writer (Allert de Lange), dies at 96
• May 3 Jack Weston [Weinstein], American actor (Dirty Dancing, The Four Seasons, Rad), dies of lymphoma at 71
• May 3 Patsy Montana [Ruby Rose Blevins], American country singer, songwriter and yodeler ("I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"), dies at 81
• May 3 Tim Gullikson, American tennis player and coach (Pete Sampras coach 1992-95; Martina Navratilova Mary Joe Fernandez), dies of cancer at 45
• May 4 Jean Crepin, French general and head of Nord Aviation (oversaw development of Exocet missiles) dies at 87
• May 4 Rowley Israel Arenstein, South African attorney, communist and activist (under house arrest for 18 years), dies at 77
• May 5 Ai Qing, Chinese poet, dies at 86
• May 5 Beryl Burton, cyclist, dies at 58
• May 5 Charles H. Zimmerman, American aeronautical engineer (NACA, NASA), dies at 88 [1]
• May 5 David Lasser, American science fiction magazine editor (Wonder Stores, 1930-33), writer (The Conquest of Space), and workers' rights activist, dies at 94

• May 5 Salli Terri [Stella Tirri], Canadian-American Grammy Award-winning pop-classical-folk-exotica singer, arranger, composer (Duets with the Spanish Guitar), musicologist, and educator, dies after a series of strokes at 75
• May 6 Frank Hercules, Trinidadian-American novelist (On Leaving Paradise; Sunrise at Midnight), and teacher, dies at 85
• May 6 Geoffrey Dawes, English physiologist (fetal and neonatal physiology), dies at 78
• May 6 Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert, dies at 87
• May 6 Joseph Stone, American lawyer, Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, and labor arbitrator, dies at 79
• May 6 Leo Joseph Suenens, Belgian Roman Catholic cardinal (Second Vatican Council), dies at 91
• May 6 Michael Gerzon, British mathematician and audio pioneer (Ambisonics), dies at 50
• May 7 Albert Meltzer, British anarchist (Anarchist Black Flag), dies at 76
• May 7 Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87
• May 7 Howard Smith, British diplomat and Director General of MI5, dies at 76
• May 8 Celedonio Romero, Spanish-American guitarist (The Romero Guitar Quartet), composer (La Catedral de Colonia), and poet, dies of lung cancer at 83
• May 8 Garth Williams, American illustrator (Charlotte's Web), dies at 84
• May 8 Jane Cowan, British cello teacher (International Cello Centre), dies at 80
• May 8 Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter, dies at 69
• May 8 Serge Chermayeff, Russian-British architect and designer, dies at 95

• May 10 Ethel Smith [Goldsmith], American pop and Latin style Hammond organist ("Tico Tico", "Monkey on a String"), dies at 93
• May 11 Ademir de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (Brazil national team 1945-53), dies at 73
• May 11 Bruce Boyce, Canadian-American baritone singer, and teacher (Royal Academy - London, England), dies at 85
• May 11 Joan Thirkettle, British journalist, dies at 48
• May 11 Malcolm MacEwen, Scottish conservationist & communist activist, dies at 84
• May 11 Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria (1963-66), dies at 91
• May 11 Walter Hyatt, American singer-songwriter (Uncle Walt's Band), dies in a plane crash in the Florida Everglades at 46
• May 12 Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer, dies on Mt Everest at 35
• May 13 John "Jack" Baines, British mountaineering publisher, dies at 57
• May 14 Edward John Gurney, American politician, US senator (1969-74), dies at 82
• May 14 Qazaleh Alizadeh, writer, dies at 48
• May 14 Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die
• May 14 Vera Chapman, English writer and Tolkien Society founder, dies at 98
• May 15 Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)
• May 15 Claus Bremer, German dramatist, dies at 71

• May 15 George Tindley, American soul singer and songwriter, dies at 58
• May 16 Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60
• May 16 Jeremy Boorda, U.S. Navy admiral (25th Chief of Naval Operations), commits suicide at 56
• May 16 Pierre Debizet, resistance fighter/special agent, dies at 72
• May 17 Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American R&B and funk guitarist ("Space Guitar"; "A Real Mother for Ya"), dies on stage of heart attack in Yokohama, Japan at 61
• May 17 Rusi Modi, Indian cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), dies at 71
• May 17 Scott Brayton, American auto racer (4 x top 10 finishes Indianapolis 500; 2 x pole), dies in a practice accident at 37
• May 17 Willi Daume, German olympic organiser, dies at 82
• May 17 Willis Conover, American broadcaster (Voice of America), dies at 75
• May 18 Kevin Gilbert, American singer, composer and instrumentalist (Toy Matinee; Tuesday Night Music Club), dies of accidental asphyxiation at 29
• May 18 Simon Weinstock, English businessman and racehorse owner, dies at 44
• May 19 Frank Carlson, American jazz and session drummer (Woody Herman, 1937-42 - "The Golden Wedding"), dies at 82
• May 19 Giovanni "John" Beradino, American MLB infielder (St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians) and actor (General Hospital), dies from pancreatic cancer at 79
• May 19 Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89
• May 20 Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65
• May 20 George Malcolm Thomson, British journalist, dies at 96
• May 20 Jack Wyngaard, South African dancer (London City Ballet, 1986-96), dies of a heart attack at 37
• May 20 Janaki Ramachandran, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies at 72
• May 20 Jon Pertwee, English actor and entertainer (third Doctor in Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge), dies from a heart attack at 76

• May 20 Julius Marmur, American biochemist and geneticist (DNA research), dies at 70
• May 20 Lewis B Combs, American civil engineer and US Navy officer (1917-45), founding member and commander of the "Seabees", dies at 101
• May 21 Alfred "Lash" LaRue, American actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp), dies of emphysema at 78
• May 21 Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist, dies at 67
• May 21 Laurence Dowdall, Scottish lawyer, dies at 91
• May 21 Mary Perot Nichols, American journalist, dies at 79
• May 21 Peter Fletcher, British orchestral and choral conductor, music educator and author (Roll Over Rock), dies at 60
• May 22 Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66
• May 22 Rex Collings, writer/publisher, dies at 70
• May 23 "Cap'n Jack" McCarthy, American television broadcaster (NYC's St. Patrick Day Parade, 1949-89; kiddie show host (Popeye)), dies of cancer at 81
• May 23 Dorothy Hyson, American actress (Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at 81
• May 23 Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky, human rights activist, dies at 61
• May 23 Patrick Cargill, British actor (Help!, No Wreath for the General, Hammerhead), dies of a brain tumor at 77
• May 23 Rob Hall, New Zealand high altitude climber, dies of exposure on Mount Everest at 35
• May 23 Scott Fischer, American high altitude climber, dies of exposure on Mount Everest at 40
• May 24 Alexander Langsdorf, American physicist (worked on the Manhattan Project), dies at 83
• May 24 Harry Campion, English statistician (1st Director of British Central Statistical Office), dies at 91
• May 24 Jacob Druckman, American composer (Animus; Windows), dies at 67
• May 24 John Abbott, British actor (The Jungle Book, Gigi, Smogasboard), dies from cancer at 90

• May 24 Joseph Mitchell, American writer (Joe Gould's Secret), dies at 87
• May 25 Barney Wilen, French tenor, composer and saxophonist, dies of cancer at 59
• May 25 Bernard Sendall, British deputy director general of British Independent Television Authority and author (Independent Television in Britain), dies at 83
• May 25 Bradley Nowell, American ska musician (Sublime), dies of a heroin overdose at 28
• May 25 David W. Howe, American test pilot (X-14) and WWII flying ace, dies at 77
• May 25 John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale, English landowner, politician (MP for Salisbury, 1942-65), and horse breeder, dies at 89
• May 25 Laurence Marks, English journalist, dies at 67
• May 25 Renzo de Felice, Italian historian of Fascism, dies at 67
• May 26 Halka Grossman, Israeli resistance fighter and politician, dies at 76
• May 26 Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, Zairen rock guitarist (Zaika Langa-Langa), dies at 45
• May 26 Mike Sharperson, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1992; World Series 1988, 95), dies in a car crash at 34
• May 27 Albert "Pud" Brown, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, dies at 79
• May 27 Ivan Sutton, British classical music concert promoter (City Music Society), dies at 82
• May 28 Buck Bundy, TV dog (Married with Children), dies at 13
• May 28 Jimmy Rowles [Hunter], American jazz pianist and composer (The Peacocks), dies of cardiac arrest at 77
• May 28 John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70

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