Today in History for May 1975

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 62 of 62

1st - Islander Parise & Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
2nd - Apple records closes down
3rd - 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02
3rd - Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8)
4th - Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane," premieres in NYC
4th - Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots
4th - Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time
4th - Maria Astrologes wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
5th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
5th - A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, & scored 33 runs)
6th - Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho
6th - Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only
6th - 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska
7th - Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
7th - Pres Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"
7th - Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays
9th - Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
9th - Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead
10th - Brian Oldfield of US put shot 75', an unofficial record
11th - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
11th - Flyers 1-Isles 2-Semifinals-Series tied at 3 games
11th - Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
12th - US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
13th - "Rodgers & Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances
13th - Flyers 4-Isles 1-Semifinals-Flyers win semifinals 4-3
13th - Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville Tenn
14th - Dynamo Kiev wins 15th Europe Cup II
14th - French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia
14th - US forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship
14th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
15th - 11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4
15th - Emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
16th - India annexes Principality of Sikkim
16th - Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mt Everest's summit
16th - Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
16th - Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK
17th - "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79
17th - 101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4
17th - 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love"
17th - Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches
17th - NBC paid $5M for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time
Actress Mary Tyler Moore 19th - 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake & Jean Marsh
19th - Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India
19th - Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest
21st - Borussia Mönchengladbach wins 4th UEFA Cup at Enschede
21st - Lowell W Perry confirmed as chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm
21st - Trial against Baader-Meinhof-group begins in Stuttgart
22nd - 8th ABA Championship: Kentucky Colonels beat Ind Pacers, 4 games to 1
24th - Dutch government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16
25th - 29th NBA Championship: Golden Warriors sweep Wash Bullets in 4 games
25th - Cleve's Dennis Eckersley, debuts shuting out the A's 6-0
25th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA American DefenderGolf Classic
26th - Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
27th - Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"
27th - Stanley Cup: Phila Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2
27th - Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38
Pop Singer & Beatle Paul McCartney 28th - Bayern Munchen wins 20th Europe Cup 1 in Paris
28th - Soyuz 18 launches
30th - European Space Agency (ESA) forms
30th - Wings release "Venus & Mars" album
31st - "Goodtime Charley" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 104 performances
31st - Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 74 of 74

1st - Austin Croshere, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
1st - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
1st - Jodhi May, London, British actress (A World Apart, The Other Boleyn Girl)
1st - Alexei Smertin, Russian footballer
2nd - Mark Johnson, Dayton Ohio, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
2nd - Murray William Burdan, Wellington NZ, swimmer (Olympics-96)
2nd - David Beckham, Leytonstone, London, English footballer (Manchester United, England)
3rd - Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
3rd - Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress
3rd - Dulé Hill, American actor
4th - Pablo Ruiz, Buenos Aires Arg, spanish singer
4th - Laci Peterson, American murder victim (d. 2002)
5th - Christine Buschur, Eagle River Alaska, Miss America-Alaska (1997)
7th - Jason Tunks, London Ontario, discus thrower (Olympics-96)
7th - Zee, American hip hop artist
8th - Enrique Iglesias, Madrid, Spanish singer-songwriter and King of Latin Pop (Bailamos, Hero)
8th - Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
8th - Gastón Mazzacane, Argentine racing driver
9th - Brian Deegan, Freestyle Motocross innovator
King of Latin Pop Enrique Iglesias (8th) 9th - Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
9th - Tamia, Canadian singer
10th - Adam Deadmarsh, Trail BC, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Oly-98)
10th - Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
12th - Lawrence Phillips, running back (St Louis Rams)
12th - Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer
13th - Chris Crawford, NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks)
14th - Carmen Klomp, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
14th - Nicki Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer
14th - Salim Iles, Algerian swimmer
15th - Ray Lewis, American football linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
16th - Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica)
16th - Tonéx, American singer
17th - Cheick Kongo, French martial artist
17th - Jonti Picking, British cartoonist
17th - Kostas Sommer, Greek actor
17th - Laura Voutilainen, Finnish singer
17th - Alex Wright, German professional wrestler
18th - John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
18th - Jack Johnson, American musician
18th - Peter Iwers, Swedish bass player (In Flames)
19th - London Fletcher, American football player
19th - Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
19th - Pretinha, Brazilian footballer
20th - Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)
20th - Mark Zupan, American quadriplegic rugby player
21st - Lee Gaze, Welsh guitarist
22nd - Cole Hauser, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Randy-High Incident)[or Mar 22]
22nd - Jaane Niinimaa, Raahe FIN, NHL defenseman (Finland Oly-br-98, Flyers)
22nd - Tracy Brookshaw, American professional wrestler and valet
22nd - Salvador Ballesta, Spanish Footballer.
23rd - Vincent Goossens, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
23rd - Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor
24th - Katie King, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
24th - Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer
24th - Marc Gagnon, Canadian short track speed skater
24th - Maria Lawson, British Singer
25th - Adam Saathoff, Tuscon Ariz, running target (Olympics-1996)
Singer-Songwriter Lauryn Hill (25th) 25th - Lauryn Hill, South Orange, New Jersey, American singer-songwriter (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill)
26th - Christopher Lindsey Donaldson, Dunedin NZ, 100m/200m runner (Oly-96)
26th - Travis Lee, San Diego CA, baseball 1st baseman (Olympics-bronze-96)
26th - Nicki Aycox, American actress
27th - André 3000, American musician (OutKast)
27th - Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
27th - Jadakiss, American rapper (The Lox)
27th - Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality
28th - Caresa Winters, Miss South Dakota USA (1996)
28th - Mike Fisher, Naperville Ill, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
29th - Alexander Zhurik, hockey defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98)
29th - Bianca Langham, Australian field hockey fullback/halfback (Olympic-96)
29th - Melanie Janine Brown, "Scary Spice", Leeds, vocalist (Spice Girls)
29th - Shoshanna Lonstein, NYC, girlfriend (Jerry Seinfeld)
29th - Anthony Wall, English golfer
30th - Andrew Farrell, English rugby league and union footballer
31st - Sienna Guillory, English actress

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 18 of 18

3rd - Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78
4th - Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77
6th - Jozsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83
8th - Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
9th - Philip Dorn, dies at 73
13th - Bob Wills, actor (Lone Prairie), dies at 69
16th - Michael X, (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder
18th - Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66
20th - Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72
20th - Jacques Stehman, composer, dies at 62
22nd - Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90
22nd - Lefty Grove, American Baseball Player (b. 1900)
23rd - Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81
27th - Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53
28th - Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies
28th - Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75
30th - Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80
30th - Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist (b. 1908)