Event of Interest
May 5 Jesse Owens of US sets long jump record at 26' 8½"
Jesse Owens
- May 6 KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC)
- May 6 Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush)
- May 8 Cincinnati Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
- May 11 60th Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4
- May 14 LA's Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US
- May 14 Plebiscite in Philippines ratifies independence agreement
- May 14 Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until May 29, 1939.
- May 15 Pirates beat Phillies 20-5
- May 15 The Moscow Metro is opened to public
- May 18 Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 mins on debut for Somerset
- May 19 NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936
- May 23 1st scheduled night game postponed due to rain (Cincinnati)
- May 24 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
Baseball Record
- May 25 Track and field athlete Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world records in 45 minutes at a Big Ten meet at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Remembered as "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport".
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- May 29 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage, arrived in NYC on June 3rd
- May 29 Hague local museum opens
- May 30 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: Kelly Petillo wins in 4:42:22.771 (170.977 km/h)
- May 31 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Quetta in Balochistan, British Raj (Pakistan) killing an estimated 50,000 people