Historical Events in May 1968

May 11 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"

May 11 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
May 11 Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured
May 11 Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor-Danforth Line, going to Scarborough in the east, Etobicoke in the west
May 12 "March of Poor" under Rev Abernathy reach Washington, D.C.
May 12 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
May 12 WSKG TV channel 46 (PBS) in Binghamton, NY, begins broadcasting

May 13 1,000,000 French demonstrate against Charles de Gaulle & Georges Pompidou

May 14 Czech government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubček
May 14 RAF-leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin

May 15 "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival

May 15 1st AL game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 California win against Chicago
May 15 A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36

May 15 Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host

May 16 Earthquake kills 47 in Japan
May 16 In the Stormont (Northern Ireland parliament) by-election in the city of Londonderry (Derry) the Ulster Unionists retain the seat
May 17 European Space Research Org launches 1st satellite
May 17 Frank Howard belts record 8th HR in 5th straight game
May 17 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
May 18 93rd Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 1:56.8

May 18 AL Kaline hits his 307th HR, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger

May 18 Frank Howard ties AL record with HR in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games
May 19 20th Emmy Awards: "Get Smart", "Mission Impossible" & Barbara Bain win
May 19 Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games
May 19 Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England 1st heard
May 20 Terence O'Neill, then Northern Ireland Prime Minister, is showered with eggs, flour and stones after a meeting of the Woodvale Unionist Association, a loyalist vigilante group
May 21 Cubs Billy Williams sets outfielder record of 695 straight game
May 21 Paul McCartney & Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert
May 21 USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
May 21 WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
May 21 Nuclear-powered sub USS Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing & is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores
May 22 Pitts Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double & a single
May 23 AC Milan of Italy win 8th European Cup Winner's Cup against Hamburger SV of West Germany 2-0 in Rotterdam

May 24 Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession

May 24 French President Charles de Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse

May 24 FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City
May 24 American boxer Bob Foster defeats holder Dick Tiger for the world light-heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Gardens, New York (goes on to defend title 14x)
May 25 BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Jim Stefanich
May 25 BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Dotty Fothergill
May 25 Gateway Arch in St Louis dedicated
May 25 Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"
May 25 Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7
May 26 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
May 27 6th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-3
May 27 NL awards Montreal & SD major league franchises
May 27 The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety.

May 27 George Halas retires from coaching, finishing with 318 regular-season wins and 6 NFL titles

May 28 Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democrate primary in Oregon

May 29 US Truth in Lending Act signed into law
May 29 UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia
May 29 12th European Cup: Manchester United beats Benfica 4-1 at London
May 30 Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles"
May 30 President De Gaulle disbands French parliament
May 30 University church in Leipzig, German DR, blown up
May 30 West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law
May 30 Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser wins in 3:16:13.786 (246.040 km/h)
May 31 Movie star James Stewart retires from the US Air Force after 27 years of service, and is promoted to major general by President Reagan