Events in Sport
- May 2 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior riding Elwood wins in 2:08.50
Birthdays in Sport
- May 3 Red Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46), born in Granville, Illinois (d. 1986)
- May 5 Gordon Richards, British jockey (winner of 4,870 races), born in Donnington Wood, Telford (d. 1986)
- May 13 Tim Wall, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia 1928-34)
- May 15 Gustav-Adolf Boltenstein, Swedish equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1952, 56)
- May 16 Hugh Plaxton, Canadian ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1928)
- May 19 Sven Thofelt, Swedish pentathlete (Olympic gold 1928)
- May 27 Chūhei Nambu, Japanese track and field athlete (Olympic gold 1932), born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (d. 1997)
- May 29 Hubert Opperman, Australian road cyclist, politician (multi-distance world records), born in Rochester, Victoria (d. 1996)