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May - "May
of 68" is a symbol of the resistance
of that generation. Agitations and strikes in Paris lead many youth
to believe that a revolution is starting. Student and worker
strikes, sometimes referred to as the French May, nearly bring down
the French government.
May 2 - The Israel Broadcasting Authority
commences television broadcasts.
May 15 - An outbreak of severe
thunderstorms produces tornadoes causing massive damage and heavy
casualties in Charles City, Iowa, Oelwein, Iowa, and Jonesboro,
Arkansas.
May 17 - The Catonsville Nine enter the
Selective Service offices in Catonsville, Maryland, take dozens of
selective service draft records, and burn them with napalm as a
protest against the Vietnam War.
May 19 - General elections are held in Italy.
May 19 - Nigerian forces capture Port Harcourt and form a ring
around Biafrans. This contributes to a humanitarian disaster as the
surrounded population was already suffering with hunger and
starvation.
May 22 - The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Scorpion
sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
May 29 - Soccer: Manchester United defeat SL Benfica 4–1 in the
European Cup Final, becoming the first English team to do so, the
game being 1–1 at FT, extra time strikes from Best,Kidd and Charlton
(who had scored earlier) sealed the game.
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