Today in History for May 2005

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 9 of 9

5th - The United Kingdom general election takes place, in which Tony Blair's Labour Party is re-elected for a third, consecutive term.
8th - The new Canadian War Museum opens, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of V-E Day.
9th - Liberal commentary website The Huffington Post is launched
10th - A hand grenade which was thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he was giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
13th - The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan.
14th - Pope Benedict XVI observes his first beatification, elevating Blessed Marianne of Molokai on the road to canonization into sainthood.
14th - The former USS America (CV-66), a decommissioned supercarrier of the United States Navy, is deliberately sunk in the Atlantic Ocean after four weeks of live-fire exercises. She is the largest ship ever to be disposed of as a target in a military exercise.
16th - Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.
29th - France resoundingly rejects the European Constitution.

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 12 of 11

7th - "Growing Pains" actress Alan Thicke (58) weds model Tanya Callau at The One and Only Palmilla Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
7th - Country music singer Billy Dean (43) weds Stephanie Paisley at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville, Tennessee
7th - Lawyer Bobby Shriver (51) weds artist Malissa Feruzzi (41) in Los Angeles
9th - Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger (36) weds country-music heartthrob singer Kenny Chesney (37) on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands
10th - Actress and model Heidi Klum (39) weds British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal (49) in Costa Careyes, Mexico
10th - Actress and model Heidi Klum (39) weds British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal (49) in Costa Careyes, Mexico
12th - "La Femme Nikita" actress Anne Parillaud (45) weds musician Jean-Michel Jarre (56) in Paris
14th - 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
18th - Television presenter and former Miss Germany Verona Feldbusch (37) weds German entrepreneur Franjo Pooth at the San Diego Court House in San Diego, California
21st - "Second Time Around" actor Boris Kodjoe (32) weds "Soul Food" actress Nicole Ari Parker (34) in Gundelfingen, Germany
22nd - "Alias" actor Kevin Weisman (34) weds Jodi Tanowitz at Menlo Circus Club in Atherton, California
27th - "Amazing Race 6" winner Kendra Bentley (25) weds Freddy Holliday (34) in Bal Harbour, Florida

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 37 of 37

2nd - Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (b. 1914)
2nd - Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
4th - David Hackworth, U.S. Army officer and military journalist (b. 1930)
7th - Tristan Egolf, American writer (b. 1971)
7th - Peter W. Rodino, American politician (b. 1909)
7th - Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
8th - Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (b. 1981)
9th - Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer (b. 1969)
10th - David Wayne, American singer (Metal Church) (b. 1958)
11th - Michalis Genitsaris, Greek rebetiko singer and composer (b. 1917)
12th - Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (b. 1909)
12th - Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1937)
13th - George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. 1914)
13th - Michael Ross, American serial killer (b. 1959)
13th - Eddie Barclay, French record producer (b. 1921)
15th - Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)
17th - Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934)
19th - Henry Corden, American actor and voice artist (b. 1921)
20th - Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (b. 1913)
20th - William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (b. 1918)
21st - Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (b. 1919)
22nd - Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914)
22nd - Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
22nd - Julia Randall, American poet (b. 1924)
24th - Carl Amery, German writer (b. 1922)
24th - Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (b. 1913)
24th - Vivian Liberto, first wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934)
25th - Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b. 1929)
25th - Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938)
25th - Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)
25th - Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937)
25th - Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (b. 1965)
26th - Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)
26th - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928)
29th - George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)
30th - Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1927)
30th - Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer (b. 1958)