Historical Events
Sports History
May 1 17-year old Lionel Messi scores his 1st senior league goal for FC Barcelona in 2-0 win against Albacete Balompié, at the Spotify Camp Nou in Barcelona
From Under the Cork Tree
May 3 Fall Out Boy's breakthrough album "From Under the Cork Tree" is released through Island Records
Event of Interest
May 5 George Galloway is elected as MP for Bethnal Green and Bow in the general election
Election of Interest
May 5 Tony Blair's Labour Party is re-elected for a third consecutive term in UK general election
The Huffington Post
May 9 Liberal commentary website The Huffington Post is launched
Event of Interest
May 10 A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, it malfunctions and does not detonate
Beatification
May 14 Pope Benedict XVI observes his first beatification, elevating Blessed Marianne of Molokai on the road to canonization into sainthood
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
May 15 "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith", directed by George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman, premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
Laureus Awards
May 15 Laureus World Sports Awards, Casino Estoril, Portugal: Sportsman: Roger Federer; Sportswoman: Kelly Holmes; Team: Greece Men's National Football team
- May 16 Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote
Academy of Country Music Awards
May 17 40th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Wilson & Keith Urban win
Music History
May 17 Australian singer Kylie Minogue is diagnosed with breast cancer at 36
- May 19 TV political comedy "The Thick of It" created by Armando Iannucci, starring Peter Capaldi and Chris Langham premieres on BBC 4
- May 21 130th Preakness: Jeremy Rose aboard Afleet Alex wins in 1:55.04
- May 21 50th Eurovision Song Contest: Helena Paparizou for Greece wins singing "My Number One" in Kiev
- May 21 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (71,876): Arsenal beats Manchester United, 5-4 on penalties after 0 – 0 (a.e.t.); Gunners' 10th title
- May 22 58th Cannes Film Festival: "The Child" directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne wins the Palme d'Or
- May 25 13th UEFA Champions League Final: Liverpool beats Milan (3-3, 3-2 on penalties)
Madagascar
May 27 DreamWorks releases computer-animated film "Madagascar" with voices by Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett-Smith
Sports History
May 28 Super Rugby Final, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders claim their 5th title with a 35-25 win over the NSW Waratahs; Dan Carter lands 3 conversions & 2 penalties for the winners
- May 29 France resoundingly rejects the European Constitution
Indy 500
May 29 Indianapolis 500: Dan Wheldon becomes first British-born winner since Graham Hill in 1966; first Indy 500 victory for car owner Michael Andretti of Andretti-Green Racing
- May 29 Senior PGA Championship, Laurel Valley GC: Mike Reid wins his first of 2 Champions Tour major titles with a birdie on the first playoff hole against Jerry Pate and Dana Quigley
Hell's Kitchen
May 30 Gordon Ramsay first appears on US television in cooking competition show "Hell's Kitchen" on Fox
- May 31 Mark Felt, former FBI high ranking official revealed as "Deep Throat" source during Watergate investigations in "Vanity Fair" article
Famous Weddings
- May 7 "Growing Pains" star Alan Thicke (58) weds model Tanya Callau (28) at The One and Only Palmilla Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- May 7 Country music singer Billy Dean (43) weds Stephanie Paisley at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville, Tennessee
- May 7 Lawyer Bobby Shriver (51) weds artist Malissa Feruzzi (41) in Los Angeles, California
Renée Zellweger
May 9 Oscar-winning actress Renée Zellweger (36) weds country-music heartthrob singer Kenny Chesney (37) on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Heidi Klum & Seal
May 10 Actress and model Heidi Klum (31) weds British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal (42) in Costa Careyes, Mexico; divorce in 2014
- May 12 "La Femme Nikita" actress Anne Parillaud (45) weds musician Jean-Michel Jarre (56) in Paris
- May 14 The Beverly Hills, 90210 actor Jason Priestley (35) weds British makeup artist Naomi Lowde at the One & Only Ocean Club on Paradise Island in the Bahamas
- May 18 Television presenter and former Miss Germany Verona Feldbusch (37) weds German entrepreneur Franjo Pooth at the San Diego Court House in San Diego, California
- May 21 "Second Time Around" actor Boris Kodjoe (32) weds "Soul Food" actress Nicole Ari Parker (34) in Gundelfingen, Germany
- May 22 "Alias" actor Kevin Weisman (34) weds Jodi Tanowitz at Menlo Circus Club in Atherton, California; divorce in 2011
- May 27 "Amazing Race 6" winner Kendra Bentley (25) weds Freddy Holliday (34) in Bal Harbour, Florida
Justin Trudeau
May 28 Politician Justin Trudeau (33) weds tv host Sophie Grégoire (30) in a Catholic ceremony at Montreal's Sainte-Madeleine d'Outremont Church
Famous Deaths
- May 2 Kenneth Bancroft Clark, American civil rights activist (Dark Ghetto) and first black president of the American Psychological Association, dies at 90
- May 2 Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
- May 3 Pierre Moerlen, French rock-jazz fusion drummer and percussionist (Gong; Mike Oldfield), dies at 52
- May 4 David Hackworth, U.S. Army officer and military journalist (b. 1930)
- May 5 Ted Atkinson, American jockey (US Champion 1944, 46), dies of a stroke at 88
- May 7 Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian soccer forward (13 caps; Emelec), dies in a car accident at 25
- May 7 Peter W. Rodino, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey (1949-89), dies at 95
- May 7 Tristan Egolf, American writer (Lord of The Barnyard; Skirt and the Fiddle), takes his own life at 33
- May 8 Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver, dies at 23
- May 9 Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer, dies at 36
- May 10 David Wayne, American singer (Metal Church) (b. 1958)
- May 11 Michalis Genitsaris, Greek rebetiko singer, and composer, dies at 88
- May 12 Frankie LaRocka (Frank LaRocca), American session and touring drummer, and record producer (Spin Doctors), dies of heart surgery complications at 51
- May 12 Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (b. 1909)
- May 12 Maurice Catarcio, American professional wrestler known as "The Matador", and fitness advocate, dies of prostate cancer at 76
- May 12 Monica Zetterlund, Swedish jazz singer (with Bill Evans - "Waltz For Debby"), and dies in an accidental apartment fire at 67
- May 13 Eddie Barclay, French record producer (b. 1921)
- May 13 George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. 1914)
- May 13 Michael Ross, American serial killer (b. 1959)
- May 15 Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)
- May 16 Andrew Goodpaster, American general (NATO Supreme Allied Commander 1969-74), dies at 90
- May 17 Frank Gorshin, American comedian and impersonator (Riddler-Batman), dies at 72
- May 19 Henry Corden, American actor and voice artist (b. 1921)
- May 20 John Donovan "J D" Cannon, American actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory), dies at 83
- May 20 Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (b. 1913)
- May 20 William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (b. 1918)
- May 21 Howard Morris, American comedic actor and director (The Andy Griffith Show, High Anxiety), dies of a heart disease at 85
- May 22 Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914)
- May 22 Julia Randall, American poet (b. 1924)
- May 22 Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (Tony the Tiger), and bass singer ("You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"), dies from prostate cancer at 91
- May 23 Roderick Wright, Scottish Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (1990-96), dies at 64
- May 24 Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (b. 1913)
- May 24 Carl Amery [Christian Anton Mayer], German writer, dies at 83
- May 24 Vivian Liberto, first wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934)
- May 25 Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)
- May 25 Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer, dies of lethal injection at 40
- May 25 Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938)
- May 25 Ruth Laredo, American concert pianist, dies of ovarian cancer at 67
- May 25 Sunil Dutt, Indian Bollywood director, actor and politician (Yaadein, Mother India, Khandaan), dies at 75
- May 26 Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928)
Eddie Albert (1906-2005)
May 26 American actor (Roman Holiday, Green Acres), dies of pneumonia at 99
- May 29 Frederick Page, English aircraft designer and executive (CEO British Aerospace Aircraft Group), dies at 88
- May 29 George Rochberg, American composer (Concord Quartet), dies at 86
- May 29 María de los Ángeles Alvariño González, Spanish marine biologist and oceanographer, dies at 88
- May 29 Oscar Brown, American singer, songwriter ("Brown Baby"; "Forbidden Fruit"), playwright, and poet, dies from complications of osteomyelitis at 78
Fazal Mahmood (1927-2005)
May 30 Pakistan cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 139 wickets), dies at 78
