Today in History for May 1997

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 90 of 90

1st - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in San Diego CA on KIOZ 105.3 FM
1st - Toni Blair elected PM of UK
1st - Tasmania becomes the last state in Australia to decriminalize homosexuality.
2nd - Donald Trump & Marla Maples announce they are separating
2nd - Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber
2nd - Police arrest transsexual hooker Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy
2nd - Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders
3rd - 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3
3rd - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen
3rd - Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue
4th - Bruno's Memorial Senior Golf Classic
4th - Phil Blackmar wins 50th Houston golf Open
4th - Tammie Green wins LPGA Sprint Titlehoders Championship
5th - "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV
5th - Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful
6th - Army Staff Sgt Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape
6th - Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
6th - NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes
6th - Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics
King of Pop Michael Jackson 6th - The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
7th - Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants
7th - Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8)
8th - Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village
9th - 1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam
9th - San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones
10th - Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs SF Giants)
11th - "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances
11th - NY Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
11th - Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational
11th - Sara Lee LPGA Classic
11th - Scott McCarron wins Bellsouth Golf Classic
11th - Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic
11th - Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov 3.5-2.5 in chess
12th - 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea
12th - Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox
12th - Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
12th - Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
12th - Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami
13th - Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games
New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner 14th - Baseball's Exec Council suspends NY Yank owner George Steinbrenner
15th - ABC News & Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com
15th - STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission
16th - Atlanta Braves beat St Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings
16th - Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Univ) as Miss USA
16th - Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of US crowned 46th Miss Universe
16th - Expos trailing SF Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13
16th - St Louis Cards Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hits
17th - 123rd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54
17th - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom
17th - Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa.
18th - "King David," opens at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
18th - 43rd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Chris Johnson
18th - Cadillac NFL Senior Golf Classic
18th - Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic
Golfer Tiger Woods 20th - Cosmos Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Failed
20th - Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful
20th - White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time
21st - Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time
22nd - Kelly Flinn, US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial.
23rd - "King David," closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
23rd - Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV
24th - Actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Mich
24th - STS 84 (Atlantis 19), lands
24th - Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful
25th - Bell Atlantic Senior Golf Classic
25th - David Frost wins Golf's Colonial Final in Fort Worth Texas
25th - Indianapolis 500 race
25th - Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform #
25th - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Classic
Comedian Tim Allen 25th - Todd & Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father & son to win 100 games
25th - A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah.
26th - Sammy Sosa (Cubs) & Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park HRs
27th - 1st all female (20 British women) team reaches North Pole
27th - Arie Luyendyk wins his 2nd Indianapolis 500
27th - Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract
27th - Major league revenue sharing begins, NY Yanks pay out most $28M
27th - Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexual assault
27th - Russian Pres Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO
28th - Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis
28th - Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight
28th - Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28
28th - Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mt Everest for 3rd time
29th - 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym
29th - Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7
Singer-Songwriter Bob Dylan 29th - Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil
30th - Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson
30th - Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs
31st - "Once Upon a Matress," closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 187 perf
31st - Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race
31st - The Confederation Bridge opens, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 2 of 2

1st - Ariel Gade, American actress
18th - Alana Etheridge, American actress

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 5 of 4

3rd - "Port Charles" soap opera actor Jon Lindstrom (39) weds "The Young and The Restless" actress Eileen Davidson (38) in Cambria, California
6th - "The X-files" actor David Duchovny (36) weds actress Tea Leoni (31) in the garden of the Grace Church School
17th - Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London
19th - Film and stage actor Matthew Broderick (50) weds Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker (47) in New York
19th - Film and stage actor Matthew Broderick (50) weds Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker (47) in New York

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 27 of 27

1st - Bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40
2nd - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)
3rd - Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (b. 1927)
4th - Alvy Moore, actor/producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75
4th - Vijayananda Dahanayake, PM of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies
5th - Walter Gotell, German actor (b. 1924)
8th - Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, German Pres of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72), dies
9th - Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (b. 1928)
10th - Joanie Weston, roller derby queen (Bay Bombers), dies at 61
11th - Brenda Carlin, TV producer/wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57
14th - Harry Blackstone Jr, magician, dies of cancer at 62
14th - Laurie Lee, writer, dies at 82
14th - Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76
14th - Thelma Carpenter, singer, dies at 76
16th - Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
18th - Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)
19th - Millie, dog of President Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12
20th - Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies
22nd - Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908)
24th - Edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of lung cancer at 74
25th - Muhammad Fadhel, PM of Iraq (1953-54), dies
26th - Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90
29th - George Fenneman, announcer (You Bet Your Life), dies at 77
29th - Jeff Buckley, musician, drowns at 30
29th - John Sengstacke, publisher (Defender), dies at 84
31st - Rosie Will Monroe, WW II icon (Rosie the riveter), dies at 76
31st - James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (b. 1905)