May was a busy month the year you were born
May 1 – Floods occur on the Finnish coast. Miss Jay-Dee Poulin is born.
May 3 – Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio commence broadcasting on AM, with a combined potential 100,000 watts, from the same ship anchored off the south coast of England in international waters.
May 4 – Fiat signs a contract with the Soviet government to build a car factory in the Soviet Union.
May 5 – The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
May 6 – The Moors murders trial ends with Ian Brady being found guilty on all 3 counts of murder and sentenced to 3 concurrent terms of life imprisonment. Myra Hindley is convicted on 2 counts of murder and of being an accessory in the third murder committed by Brady, and receives 2 concurrent terms of life imprisonment and a 7-year fixed term for being an accessory.
May 12 - African members of the UN Security Council say that the British army should blockade Rhodesia.
The Busch Memorial Stadium opens in St Louis, Missouri.
Radio Peking claims that U.S. planes have shot down a Chinese plane over Yunnan (the U.S. denies the story the next day).
May 14 – Turkey and Greece intend to start negotiations about the situation in Cyprus.
May 15 - Indonesia asks Malaysia for peace negotiations.
The South Vietnamese army besieges Da Nang.
Tens of thousands of anti-war demonstrators again picket the White House, then rally at the Washington Monument.
May 16 - The Communist Party of China issues the 'May 16 Notice', marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
A seamen's strike is called in Britain.
The legendary album Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is released.
Bob Dylan's seminal album, Blonde on Blonde is released in the U.S.
In New York City, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his first public speech on the Vietnam War.
May 19 – Gertrude Baniszewski is found guilty of murdering and torturing Sylvia Likens and is sentenced to life in prison. (she is released on parole in December 1985).
May 24 - Ugandan army troops arrest Mutesa II of Buganda and occupy his palace.
The Nigerian government forbids all political activity in the country until January 17, 1969.
May 25 - Explorer program: Explorer 32 is launched.
In St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Vice-President Hubert Humphrey and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall dedicate the Gateway Arch, as part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
May 26 – Guyana achieves independence. Cecile celebrates her 4th birthday.
May 28 - Fidel Castro declares martial law in Cuba because of a possible U.S. attack.
The Indonesian and Malaysian governments declare that the Indonesian Confrontation is over (a treaty is signed on August 11).
May 30 - Mom & Dad celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary.
May 31 – The Philippines reestablishes diplomatic relations with Malaysia.
