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* May 1-The BBC brings into service the first television transmitter in Ireland, at Glencairn ( Belfast ).
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* May 1-The Rolling Stones announce their forthcoming North American tour by performing Brown Sugar from a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
* May 1-The United Network ( initially known as the Overmyer Network ) launches broadcasting with the talk / variety show The Las Vegas Show — which would be the only show it airs, as both network and show disappear in June due in part to transmission expenses.
* May 1-The new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as a result of the Acts of Union which combine the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into a single realm under Queen Anne, with the support of Daniel Defoe and John Arbuthnot.
* May 1-The 1893 World's Fair, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, opens to the public in Chicago, USA, with a Romanesque statue of Columbia overlooking the man-made lake.
** May 1-The city of Sanjō merged with the town of Sakae and the village of Shitada ( both from Minamikanbara District ).
* May 1-The National Trust in the United Kingdom acquires its first part of Wicken Fen, making it the country's oldest wetland nature reserve.
* May 1-The Capitol Cinema, Ottawa's only movie palace, is closed and later demolished
* May 1-The Imperial Japanese Army Air Corps is established under the command of Lieutenant General Kinichi Yasumitsu.
* May 1-The Derrynaflan Chalice is discovered in a bog.
* May 1-The Easter Rising collapses.
* May 1-The Jubilee line on the London Underground opens between Stanmore and Charing Cross.
* May 1-The Kington Tramway, a horse-worked plateway, is opened from Eardisley to Kington, Herefordshire, England.
May and BBC
After three years of consistent use across different platforms, the BBC began to drop the BBCi brand gradually ; on 6 May 2004, the BBC website was renamed bbc. co. uk, after the main URL used to access the site.
In May 2007, the channel became available for UK viewers to view through the BBC News website through a live stream.
Since May 2006, the simulcast begins with the programme at 06: 00 until 08: 30 when programming on BBC News begins.
Until May 2009, the morning business updates on BBC Breakfast and on the BBC News Channel were broadcast from one of the London Stock Exchange's studios in central London.
Since Tuesday, 26 May 2009, those bulletins have been broadcast from TC7 and N6 in Television Centre, the main studios of BBC Breakfast and the BBC News Channel respectively.
A full three minute version of the countdown music was made available on BBC News Online and David Lowe's own after a remix on 16 May 2006.
When " Too Drunk to Fuck " came out in May 1981, the song caused much controversy in the UK as the BBC feared the single would reach the Top 30 ; this would require a mention of the song on Top of the Pops.
The Libyan government announced its decision to abandon its weapons of mass destruction programs and pay almost $ 3 billion dollars in compensation to the families of Pan Am Flight 103 and UTA Flight 772 .< ref > Marcus, Jonathan, ( 15 May 2006 ), < u >" Washington's Libyan fairy tale "< u >, BBC News.
" BBC Scotland broadcast the video on 29 May 2007.
In May 2008 Morris undertook an ambient mix on BBC Radio 1, and put an Irresistible Force band together to play at The Big Chill festival.
Following the death of Arthur C. Clarke, BBC Sky At Night magazine released a copy of the 1977 archive programme on the cover of their May 2008 edition.
* Vietnam: The music of protest, Steve Schifferes, BBC News, Sunday, 1 May 2005
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It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on April 28, 2008 but after lower than desired ratings figures it was shifted to BBC Two from May 19, 2008.
The first episode was broadcast on 28 May 1951 on the BBC Home Service.
On 1 May 1965 the service took its current name of BBC World Service and the service itself expanded its reach with the opening of the Ascension Island relay in 1966, serving African audiences with greater signal and reception, and the later relay on the Island of Masirah.
During an interview for Hardtalk on the BBC on 22 September, May confirmed that the band's new deal was with Island Records, a subsidiary of Universal.
On 24 May 2008 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a radio adaptation of Dr. No. Actor Toby Stephens, who played Die Another Day Bond villain Gustav Graves, played James Bond, while Dr. No was played by David Suchet.
* " New Effort to Ban Religious Hate ", BBC News, 11 June 2005 retrieved 25 May 2007
* " Tony Robinson's cunning plan " – BBC News article dated Friday 26 May 2000
A second 90 minute BBC Radio adaptation was transmitted on BBC Radio 4 on 29 May 2010 in the Saturday Play slot .< ref >
May and brings
The summer monsoon brings heavy rains to most of the archipelago from May to October, whereas the winter monsoon brings cooler and drier air from December to February.
* May 18 – The Treaty of Tyavzino brings to an end the Russo-Swedish War ( 1590 – 1595 ).
May normally brings the highest precipitation with.
Every year from the last week of April through the end of the first week of May, Wenatchee hosts the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival, which probably brings in the largest number of people Wenatchee sees annually, with the exception of all the migrant workers coming in to pick the crop.
In May 2002, Adams joined Elton John on CMT Crossroads, which brings together country artists with musicians from other genres.
The dry season from May to October brings lower humidity, significantly cooler overnight temperatures and minimal rainfall.
The last Saturday in May of each year brings the " Great Glebe Garage Sale " to the neighbourhood ; every household that participates puts items out for sale, attracting a large contingent of bargain hunters to the area.
The Northeast Monsoon occurs between November and March with cooler temperatures and less rainfall, while the Southwest Monsoon occurs between May and September, which brings warmer temperatures and more rainfall.
Saltash hosts a number of annual festivals: Saltash Mayfair takes place in and around Fore Street during early May, and Saltash Town Regatta brings music and entertainment to the Waterside area in the summer.
From February until May Hua Hin has a southerly Thermal wind that brings 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon.
He started the non-profit organization Friends of the Fox which supports people with head injuries and brings them to the track each May to meet the drivers and get VIP treatment.
Formerly spread out in separate locations around campus, in May 2006, the Illini Media Company finished construction on a new facility, which brings together and all of their units and departments in one four-story, building at 512 E. Green Street in Champaign, Illinois.
Autumn brings colder temperatures in March, then stormier weather in April and May.
Between August 1944 and May 1945 the 92nd Division suffered 3, 200 casualties, and the factoring in of losses from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team ( 442nd RCT ) and other units attached to the division brings the total up to 5, 000 casualties.
November to April is relatively dry and May brings the start of the rains which continue ' til October.
May Louise Zumwalt, former Executive Director of the Museum, said “ Though it does not mean we will receive national funding, it does recognize that we are a quilt museum with national significance .” This designation brings additional attention and helps increase the number of visitors.
Also, on 14 May 2006, Washington Post Pulitzer Prize winning book critic Michael Dirda reviewed Dick Davis's translation " Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings " " This marvelous translation of an ancient Persian classic brings these stories alive for a new audience .".
On 17 May 2006 the European Commission's official journal published Regulation 816 / 2006, which brings into force the provisions of the Doha Declaration.
Including all ' Ferguson System ' tractors from May 1936 to July 1956 brings the figure to approximately 1 million.
The new Kilbarry side East Stand which holds 1, 760 opened in May 2008 and brings seating capacity to 3, 100.
The wet season lasts roughly from December to May, and brings an abundance of bright sunshine along with sporadically brief, yet often intense, tropical thunderstorms.
Unable to come to a compromise with P, C brings suit on May 8 in federal court to collect $ 200, 000.
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