May  1 - President Nixon calls student Vietnam protesters "BUMS"

May  3 - Jack Nicklous wins $20,000 by being in first place in the Byron Nelson Golf Classic in Dallas

May  4 - Kent State University, 4 students are killed by National Guard during an Anti-War Protest

May  5 - The #1 Country single is "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" by Marty Robbins

May  6 - TV Tonight:
                    The Flying Nun
                    The Courtship of Eddie's Father
                    Room 222

May  8 - Ricky Nelson turns 30 years old

May  9 - #1 Hot Country Single is "The Pool Shark" by Dave Dudley

May 11 - Japanese mountain climbers top Mt. Everest, the  second time this has been done.

May 12 - Racial violence rocks Augusta, Georgia, as six black men are killed.  National Guard is called out.
              Chicago Cubs Earnie Banks, 39, hits his 500th Home Run

May 13 - The 88 minute documentary film "Let it Be" premiers.

May 15 - The Olympic Committee severs ties with South America

May  17 - Hank Aaron hits his 3,000 hit

May  21
- #1 pop single is "American Woman by the Guess Who

May  23 - TV Tonight:
                      The Dating Game
                      The Newlywed Game
                      The Lawrence Welk Show
                      The Hollywood Palace

May 25 - NY Stock Exchange plunge the largest single day decline since 1963.

May 28 - General Electric Company produces the artificial Diamond.

May 29 - # one Country Song this week is  "My Love" by Sonny James

May 31 - Actor Clint Eastwood turns 40 years old
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