What Happened in May 2018

Events 1 - 100 of 134

• May 1 Chinese authorities label British cartoon "Peppa Pig" subversive and it is removed from the Douyin video website

• May 1 Scotland is the first country in the world to introduce a minimum price on alcohol
• May 1 Violent May Day protests in Paris by far-left Black Blocs group result in 200 arrests
• May 2 Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan asks widespread protests to halt after ruling Republican party said it would support his bid to be Prime Minister
• May 2 Date for first humans or hominins in the Philippines pushed back ten-fold after report of site on Luzon with butchered rhinoceros 709,000 years ago
• May 2 E. coli outbreak linked to Romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona, reports the first fatality with 121 cases across 25 US states
• May 2 Indian city of Kanpur declared world's most polluted city by WHO with 14 other Indian cities in the top 20
• May 2 Iowa passes US's strictest abortion ban, based on a fetal heartbeat

• May 2 New research show plants "talk" to each other through their roots and the soil in study on corn published in journal "Plos One"
• May 2 Spanish Basque separatist group Eta announces it will be formally disbanding after 50 years

• May 3 Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan becomes NFL's first $30m per season player after agreeing to $150m contract extension

• May 3 Indian government confirms around 110 people have died in dust storms in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in the last 9 days
• May 3 Kilauea volcano on Big Island, Hawaii begins erupting forcing the evacuation of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and residential areas
• May 4 California overtakes Great Britain to become the worlds fifth largest economy

• May 5 144th Kentucky Derby: 52-year-old Mike Smith wins his second Derby aboard Justify in a time of 2:04.20 over a sloppy track

• May 5 Electric cigarette explodes killing a man in St. Petersburg, Florida, first death from a vaping product

• May 7 Global tourism accounts for 8% of the world's carbon emissions according to a University of Sydney study

• May 7 More mudslides in Rwanda kill 18 people bringing the year's death toll to 200

• May 7 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Welshman Mark Williams beats John Higgins of Scotland, 18-16; as promised, does his press conference in the nude
• May 8 Ebola outbreak declared in north-west Democratic Republic of Congo with 2 confirmed cases and 17 deaths
• May 8 Largest-ever wave at 23.8m recorded in the South Hemisphere at Campbell Island by New Zealand scientists
• May 8 Paris St-Germain seals the French domestic football treble with a 2-0 win over 3rd Div Les Herbiers in the French Cup Final at the Stade de France

• May 8 Seattle Mariners MLB left-hander James Paxton hurls a no-hitter in a 5-0 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto
• May 9 Argentina announces talks with the IMF amid a new financial crisis with interest rates at 40%
• May 9 Dam bursts after heavy rains near Solai, Kenya, killing at least 41

• May 9 Manchester City smashes EPL records in 3-1 win over Brighton - most goals (105), most points (97) and most wins (31)
• May 9 Nicaraguan anti-government protests involving tens of thousands take place in Managua and Matagalpa y Chinandega
• May 9 Oldest viral DNA, a form of hepatitis B, reported discovered in 7,000 year old skeleton found in Germany

• May 9 Walmart takes a majority stake in Indian online retailer Flipkart for 16 billion
• May 10 China announces plans for the world's largest weather-control mechanism, rain-inducing machines for the Tibetan Plateau (area the size of Alaska)
• May 10 Israel fires missiles at 70 Iranian targets inside Syria after Iran fires missiles into the Golan Heights, with claims Israel struck first in attack on Baath

• May 11 Mass murder-suicide in Margaret River, Australia, grandfather shoots six members of his family and himself
• May 11 Most popular names in the US for 2017 revealed as Emma for girls, Liam for boys
• May 12 63rd Eurovision song contest won by Netta from Israel in Lisbon, Portugal
• May 12 Insurgent group attacks the town of Muse, Myanmar, killing at least 19 people, Ta’ang National Liberation Army claim responsibility
• May 13 Arsène Wenger guides Arsenal to a 1-0 win at Huddersfield in his final game as Gunners manager after 22 years in charge
• May 13 China's first domestically built aircraft carrier begins sea trials in Dalian, China
• May 13 Family of six carry out 3 church bombings in Surabaya, Indonesia, killing at least 13. Islamic State claims responsibility.
• May 13 Liverpool's Egyptian soccer forward Mohamed Salah scores in a 4-0 win against Brighton to set the EPL goal scoring record (32) for a 38-game season
• May 13 Manchester City ends the EPL season with a 1-0 win at Southampton having smashed 11 Premier League records including biggest title winning margin (19 points) and most points (100)

• May 14 Arsenal finish EPL season in 6th place on 63 points; fail to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1997
• May 14 Boulder City Council in Colorado votes to ban assault weapons
• May 14 Chinese mountain climber and double amputee Xia Boyu reaches the summit of Mt Everest
• May 14 Indian politician Shashi Tharoor is charged by police with driving his wife to commit suicide

• May 14 Successful memory transfer in snails achieved by scientists from University of California published in journal "eNeuro"
• May 14 US Supreme Court strikes down federal law banning sports gambling in most states
• May 15 "Laurel vs Yanny" disagreement over what word heard in an audio file begins across social media
• May 15 58 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and 1700 hospitalized on the Gaza border protesting opening of US embassy in Jerusalem and 70 year founding of Israel
• May 15 Controversial Kerch bridge linking Russia and annexed Crimea opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin. At 19km the longest bridge in Europe.
• May 15 Flyover collapses in Varanasi, India, killing at least 18
• May 15 Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim is released from prison after being pardoned by King Muhammad V
• May 15 North Korea threatens to pull out of summit with US and South Korea saying it can "not hide our feeling of repugnance" towards US security advisor John Bolton
• May 15 Taliban forces attack and claim to has seized control of the western city of Farah, Afghanistan

• May 17 Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo spreads to the city of Mbandaka
• May 17 Gina Haspel confirmed as the first female director of the CIA by the US Senate
• May 17 Michigan State University will pay $500 million in claims to 300 survivors of sexual abuse involving Larry Nassar. Largest sexual abuse case in sports history.

• May 18 Mexican Damojh airlines flight crashes near Havana airport, Cuba, killing 110 with just 3 survivors
• May 18 Santa Fe High School shooting; 17 year-old shooter kills 10 and injures 10 in Santa Fe, Texas
• May 19 142nd Preakness Stakes: Mike Smith wins aboard Justify in fog for second-leg of the Triple Crown
• May 19 71st Cannes Film Festival: Japanese film "Shoplifters" by Hirokazu Kore-eda wins the Palme d'Or

• May 19 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Chelsea beats Manchester United, 1-0; Belgian international Eden Hazard scores 22' penalty

• May 20 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Greystone G &CC: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez wins by 3 from American trio Joe Durant, Steve Stricker & Gene Sauers
• May 20 Two cyclists attacked by a cougar, 1 dies, in North Bend, Washington State

• May 21 Mushrooms have poisoned more than 800 in western Iran, killing 11
• May 21 Teenager who started California's 2017 Eagle Creek Fire ordered to pay $36.6 million to cover damages by district judge
• May 21 Truckers begin a 10 strike in Brazil, blocking roads in protest at the price of diesel leading to country-wide shortages
• May 21 US Justice Department says it is expanding its internal investigation into whether FBI infiltrated Donald Trump's 2016 campaign
• May 22 Australian court finds Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson guilty of covering up sexual abuse in 1970s, most senior Catholic priest to be convicted

• May 22 New York Stock Exchange announces Stacey Cunningham will be its first woman head in its 226-year history
• May 22 Outbreak of Nipah virus confirmed to have killed 10 including a nurse in Kozhikode, India

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Deaths 1 - 100 of 118

• May 1 Andrés Reyes [Universo 2000], Mexican pro wrestler (3 x CMLL World Heavyweight Championship), dies from a heart attack at 55
• May 1 Ashok Mitra, Indian economist and politician, dies at 90
• May 1 Bob Woffinden, British journalist and author, dies of mesothelioma at 89
• May 1 Carl W. Duckworth, American politician (Utah House of Representatives, 1955–1958), dies of bone cancer at 53
• May 1 Chuck Missler, American evangelist and author, dies at 83
• May 1 Elmar Altvater, German political scientist, dies at 79
• May 1 Javier Aller, Spanish actor (The Biggest Robbery Never Told), dies at 46 of complications from diabetes
• May 1 John "Jabo" Starks, American drummer (James Brown, The J.B.'s), dies at 79
• May 1 Max Berrú, Ecuadorian-Chilean musician, dies at 74
• May 1 Ninalee Craig, American-born Canadian teacher and photograph subject, dies at 90 of complications from lung cancer
• May 1 Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris, British politician and life peer (MP for Leominster, 1974–2001), dies at 80
• May 1 Phil Gowan, American historian (RMS Titanic), dies of cancer at 65
• May 1 Raymond D. Dzendzel, American politician (Michigan House of Representatives, 1955–1958; Senate, 1959–1970), dies at 96
• May 1 Reg Gadney, British author, dies at 77
• May 1 Robert B. Kennedy, American politician (Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1975–1979), dies at 78
• May 1 Sun Yueh, Chinese-born Taiwanese actor (Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing), dies of sepsis at 87

• May 1 Wanda Wiłkomirska, Polish violinist and teacher, dies at 89
• May 2 Bill Torrey, Canadian ice hockey executive (New York Islanders, Florida Panthers), dies at 83
• May 2 Chris Walsh, American politician (Massachusetts House of Representatives, 2010–2018), dies of lymphoma at 66
• May 2 Cliff Watson, English rugby league front rower (30 Tests GB, 4 England; St Helens 373 games, Cronulla-Sutherland), dies of cancer at 78
• May 2 Dick Edell, American lacrosse coach (Maryland Terrapins), dies at 74 of pneumonia
• May 2 Gord Brown, Canadian politician (MP, 2004–2018), dies of a heart attack at 57
• May 2 Harald Range, German jurist (Attorney General, 2011–2015), dies at 70
• May 2 Herman Krebbers, Dutch violinist, concert master, and music teacher, dies at 94
• May 2 James Thorp, American electrical engineer, dies at 81
• May 2 Katherine O'Regan, New Zealand politician (MP for Waipa, 1984–1996; list MP, 1996–1999), dies of cancer at 71
• May 2 Kottayam Pushpanath, Indian author, dies at 80
• May 2 Paul Dick, Canadian politician, dies at 77 of a heart attack
• May 2 Sir Keith Williamson, British Royal Air Force commander (Chief of the Air Staff, 1982–1985), dies at 90
• May 2 Tony Cucchiara, Italian folk singer and songwriter ("Cain and Abel"), dies at 80
• May 2 Wang Danfeng, Chinese actress, dies at 93

• May 2 Wolfgang Völz, German actor, dies at 87
• May 3 Alfonso Dhlakama, Mozambican politician and opposition leader (RENAMO), dies of a heart attack at 65
• May 3 Bob Prewitt, American college basketball coach (SMU Mustangs), dies at 93
• May 3 Dan Grimm, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons), dies of Parkinson's disease and dementia at 77
• May 3 David Pines, American physicist, dies at 93
• May 3 Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui, Peruvian academic and Quechua translator, dies at 94
• May 3 Doina Cornea, Romanian human rights activist and professor, dies at 88
• May 3 H. Basil S. Cooke, South African-Canadian geologist and paleontologist, dies at 102
• May 3 Jim Argue, American politician (Arkansas Senate, 1996–2008), dies of kidney cancer at 66
• May 3 Joe Scannella, American football coach (Oakland Raiders, Montreal Alouettes, Cleveland Browns), dies at 89
• May 3 Junior Rodriguez, American Louisiana politician who criticized FEMA's Hurricane Katrina response, dies at 82
• May 3 Monica Barnes, Irish politician (Teachta Dála, 1982–1992, 1997–2002; Senator, 1982), dies at 82
• May 3 Paolo Signorelli, Italian footballer (Trevigliese, Pro Patria, Atalanta), dies at 79
• May 4 Abi Ofarim [Abraham Reichstadt], Israeli dancer, folk and pop singer, guitarist, and record producer (Ester & Abi - "Cinderella Rockerfella"), dies at 80
• May 4 Barnet Fain, American businessman and artist, dies at 86

• May 4 BN Vijaya Kumar, Indian politician, dies at 59 of a heart attack
• May 4 Bobbie Louise Hawkins, American poet and author, dies at 87
• May 4 Cathy Godbold, Australian actress (The Saddle Club, Home and Away), dies of brain cancer at 43
• May 4 Edwin G. Burrows, American historian and professor, dies at 74
• May 4 Larry Hunter, American college basketball coach (Wittenberg Tigers, Ohio Bobcats, Western Carolina Catamounts), dies at 68
• May 4 Naser Cheshm Azar, Iranian composer, dies of a heart attack at 67
• May 4 Paul Bloodgood, American artist, dies at 58 of Alzheimer's disease
• May 4 Renate Dorrelstein, Dutch writer and journalist, dies of cancer at 64
• May 4 Steve Coy, British rocker and producer (Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)), dies at 56
• May 5 Aaron D. Panken, American rabbi, dies in a plane crash at 53
• May 5 Ermanno Olmi, Italian film director (The Tree of Wooden Clogs), dies at 86
• May 5 Ludwig Harig, German writer, dies at 90
• May 5 Rosemarie Schruder, German writer, dies at 89
• May 5 Stanley Falkow, American microbiologist (molecular mechanisms of infectious diseases), dies at 84
• May 6 Brad Steiger, American author and paranormal researcher, dies at 82
• May 6 Cirilo Bautista, Filipino writer and poet, dies at 76
• May 6 Eric Geboers, Belgian motocross racer (5 x world champion; 39 x career Grand Prix wins), dies in a drowning accident at 55
• May 6 George G. Hall, Northern Irish applied mathematician, dies at 93
• May 6 Herbert E. Brekle, German typographer and linguist, dies at 82

• May 6 Khaled Mohieddin, Egyptian military officer (member of the Revolutionary Command Council), dies at 95
• May 7 Isyaku Rabiu, Nigerian businessman and Islamic scholar, dies at 92
• May 7 Jeremy D. Safran, Canadian-born American clinical psychologist, is killed during a burglary
• May 7 Maurane [Claudine Luypaerts], Belgian Francophone jazz and chanson singer, dies at 57
• May 7 Mikhail German, Russian writer, dies at 85
• May 7 Miki Muster, Slovenian artist, dies at 92
• May 7 Roman Toi, Estonian-Canadian composer, choral conductor and organist, dies at 101
• May 7 Tore Torell, Norwegian magician, dies of cancer at 76
• May 8 Anne V. Coates, British film editor (1962 Oscar, Lawrence of Arabia), dies at 92
• May 8 Ernest Medina, American soldier and commanding officer of the unit responsible for the My Lai Massacre of 16 March 1968, dies at 81
• May 8 George Deukmejian, American politician, 35th Governor of California (1983-91), dies at 89
• May 8 James Scott, American boxer and felon, dies at 71
• May 8 Mahmoud Hammoud, Lebanese politician and diplomat, dies at 82 or 83
• May 9 Delphine Gibson, American supercentenarian & former oldest person in the US, dies at 114 years and 265 days
• May 9 Duke Friedrich of Württemberg, German aristocrat & heir to the House of Württemberg, dies at 56 in a traffic collision
• May 9 Omar Daoud, Libyan footballer, dies in a traffic collision at 35
• May 9 Poldine Carlo, American writer and Koyukon elder, dies at 97
• May 9 Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Australian heroin smuggler (Bali Nine), dies of stomach cancer at 34
• May 10 Evgeni Vasiukov, Russian chess grandmaster (World Senior Champion 1995), dies at 85

• May 11 Josh Greenfeld, American author and screenwriter (A Child Called Noah), dies at 90
• May 11 Scott Hutchinson, Scottish musician (Frightened Rabbit), found dead after a suffering from mental illness at 36
• May 12 Chuck Knox, American football coach (LA Rams, Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks; AP NFL Coach of the Year 1973, 80, 84), dies of dementia at 86
• May 12 Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer, dies at 72
• May 13 Margot Kidder, Canadian American actress (Lois Lane in Superman films, Amityville Horror), dies at 69
• May 14 Doug Ford, American golfer (PGA Championship 1955, US Masters 1957), dies at 95
• May 14 Tom Wolfe, American journalist and author (The Right Stuff), dies at 88
• May 15 Ian Denholm, Scottish shipping CEO (Murray Investment Trust), dies at 91
• May 16 Joseph Campanella, American character actor (Guiding Light, Mannix), dies at 93
• May 16 Michael Slive, American college sports executive (Commissioner SEC 2002-15), dies of prostate cancer at 77
• May 18 Jacques Guyonnet, Swiss composer, dies at 85
• May 18 Stephanie Adams, American Playboy playmate (November 1992), kills herself and her child at 47

• May 20 Dieter Schnebel, German experimental composer (Harley-Davidson, for nine motorbikes and trumpet), dies at 88
• May 20 Patricia Morison, American actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill, Kiss Me, Kate The King and I), dies at 103

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