Event of Interest
May 4 Angela Bowie reveals that ex-husband David slept with Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
- May 4 Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence
- May 4 Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns
- May 4 Pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah
- May 5 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02
- May 5 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren
- May 5 35th Eurovision Song Contest: Toto Cutugno for Italy wins singing "Insieme: 1992" in Zagreb
- May 6 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
- May 6 Former president PW Botha quits South Africa's ruling National Party
Event of Interest
May 6 Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in South Carolina
Tom Cruise
- May 8 Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway
- May 8 Reindependence Day of Estonia
- May 9 NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur
- May 9 Sampdoria of Italy win 30th European Cup Winner's Cup against Anderlecht of Belgium 2-0 in Gothenburg
- May 9 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals, 4 games to 0
- May 10 "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 45 performances
- May 10 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
Event of Interest
May 10 Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella
Howard Stern
- May 11 NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
Event of Interest
May 12 3rd time "Saturday Night Live" uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)
Lorne Michaels
- May 12 Comic Relief USA '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
Event of Interest
May 12 Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott "Saturday Night Live" to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting
Sinead O'Connor
Lorne Michaels
- May 12 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
- May 13 "Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 16 performances
- May 13 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
- May 14 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)
- May 14 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,821.53
- May 15 "Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 56 performances
Event of Interest
May 15 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent van Gogh sells for $82.5 million
Vincent van Gogh
- May 15 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45
- May 15 Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period
- May 15 Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe
- May 16 Dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected
- May 17 "Cheers" star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI
- May 17 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71
- May 17 European court rules on pension rights for men & women
- May 17 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann
- May 17 World Health Organization takes homosexuality out of its list of mental illnesses
- May 18 East and West Germany sign a monetary union treaty
- May 18 Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak
- May 18 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant
- May 18 TV movie "Return To Green Acres" airs
Event of Interest
May 18 Jari Kurri sets a record for scoring in a Stanley Cup Finals game, registering three goals and two assists vs the Boston Bruins
Jari Kurri
- May 19 115th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6
- May 19 "Elvis" TV Drama about early life of Elvis Presley last airs on ABC
- May 20 "Truly Blessed" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 33 performances
- May 20 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Golf International
- May 20 Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space
- May 21 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68
- May 21 Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV
- May 21 43rd Cannes Film Festival: "Wild at Heart" directed by David Lynch wins the Palme d'Or
- May 22 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23
- May 22 Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
- May 22 North & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen
Baseball Record
May 22 Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
Andre Dawson
Event of Interest
May 22 Deion Sanders becomes involved in a dispute with Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, one of the most infamous incidents of Sanders' baseball career
Deion Sanders
- May 23 Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion
- May 23 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26
- May 23 NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0
- May 23 34th European Cup: Milan beats Benfica 1-0 at Vienna
- May 24 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
- May 24 A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both
- May 26 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
Event of Interest
May 26 Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
Mike Schmidt
- May 27 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
- May 27 Caesar Gaviria Trujillo chosen President of Colombia
- May 27 Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game
- May 27 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
- May 27 Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow
- May 28 Cesar Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia
- May 28 "Dave Thomas Comedy Show" debuts on CBS-TV
- May 28 Eugenia Charles' Dominican Freedom Party wins election in Dominica
- May 28 Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands)
- May 29 An earthquake hits Peru, killing over 200
Election of Interest
May 29 Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Russian Republic
Boris Yeltsin
Baseball Record
May 29 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
Rickey Henderson
Ty Cobb