Werbeniuk was mentioned on the May 16th 2009 episode of the BBC Radio 5 Live comedy-sports punditry programme Fighting Talk ; when the panel were asked by host Colin Murray to mention an athlete with " poor personal hygiene ", Anglo-German comedian Henning Wehn offered Werbeniuk as an answer, but pronounced it " Billy Verbeniuk " ( last name pronounced ), much to the shock and amusement of Murray and the rest of the panel ( Sue Mott and Martin Kelner ).

Douglas James Henning ( May 3, 1947 – February 7, 2000 ) was a famous Canadian magician, illusionist, escape artist and politician.

Harket has three children with his ex-wife Camilla Malmquist Harket, to whom he was married between 11 February 1989 and 1998: Jakob Oscar Martinus Malmquist Harket ( b. 14 May 1989 ), Jonathan Henning Adler Malmquist Harket ( b. 30 December 1990 ), and Anna Katharina Tomine Malmquist Harket ( b. 14 April 1993, uses Tomine as her first name ).

* Henning von Holtzendorff ( 31 May 1918 )

Zarusky's research makes use of the detailed interrogation records contained in Whitaker's official May 1945 investigation report, which became accessible in 1992, as well as a collection of documents compiled by General Henning Linden's son.

He married Ruth Barth in 1939 and the couple had three children ; Linda Kaye Henning on whom Paul partially based the character of Elly May Clampett, Carol Alice and Paul Anthony Henning.

Henning Kronstam ( June 29, 1934 – May 28, 1995 ) was a famous

* May 17 – Austin Osman Spare, English magician ( b. 1886 )

* May 31 – Eliphas Lévi, French occult author and magician ( b. 1810 )

Harry Blackstone, Jr. ( June 30, 1934 – May 14, 1997 ) was an American stage magician, author, and television performer.

In May 2006 she was the subject of media attention as one of stage magician David Blaine's Drowned Alive show safety divers ( as a member of the Performance Team ).

Tony Andruzzi was the name adopted by professional magician Tom S. Palmer from the age of 45 to the end of his life ( born May 22, 1925 in Cheyenne, Wyoming — died December 22, 1991 in Chicago, Illinois ).

Fay Presto ( the stage name of Letitia Winter, born Oliver Winter, May 17, 1948 ) is a British trans woman who is known as a magician and a member of The Inner Magic Circle.

Ling was born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England, on 27 May 1926, the son of a stage magician and a teacher, and was educated at Whitgift School.

Frieda Harris ( born 1877 London, England ; died 11 May 1962 Srinagar, India ) was an artist, an occult magician, and, after she met him at age 60, an associate and friend of the author and occultist Aleister Crowley.

St Athanasius ' long episcopate lasted 45 years ( c. 8 June 328 – 2 May 373 ) of which over 17 years were spent in five exiles ordered by four different Roman Emperors, not counting approximately six more incidents in which he had to flee Alexandria for his own safety to escape people seeking to take his life.

* In the first episode of the second series of James May's Man Lab, James May and Oz Clarke were demonstrating map-reading skills by pretending to escape from Dartmoor prison and cross Dartmoor to their escape car ( although they had to start their escape from outside the prison grounds as they were not allowed permission inside the prison ).

His successor Pope Boniface VIII sent for him, and finally, despite the former pope's desperate attempts to escape, captured him and imprisoned him in the castle of Fumone near Ferentino in Campagna where, after languishing for 10 months in infected air, he died on 19 May 1296.

* May 31 – Mecklenburg Correctional Center-6 inmates-including James and Linwood Briley escape from a death row facility, the first and only occasion this has ever happened in the US.

* May 2 – Six inmates unsuccessfully try to escape from Alcatraz Prison.

* May 5 – Twelve East Germans escape via a tunnel under the Berlin Wall.

* May 29 – Ali Soilih is found dead in the Comoros, allegedly shot when trying to escape.

* May 20 – Australian Bushranger Ben Hall and his gang escape from a shootout with police after attempting to rob the Bang Bang Hotel in Koorawatha, New South Wales.

In the early morning hours of May 20, he was caught on the fire escape to his dormitory, attempting to climb back into his room.

In May 2010, a paper from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center detailed preliminary results of research into the sensing mechanisms used by O157: H7 to determine when to adopt an acid-resistant state needed to escape from the digestive tract.

Serving a 7-year sentence at a prison in Amsterdam, he pulled off another escape on 8 May 1981 after someone slipped him a gun.

Directive No. 13, issued by the Supreme Headquarters on 24 May called specifically for the annihilation of the French, English and Belgian forces in the pocket, while the Luftwaffe was ordered to prevent the escape of the English forces across the channel.

* Cosmos 419 – 10 May 1971 – Attempted Mars orbiter ( failed to escape Earth orbit )

Unlike Joyce, the Elams did not escape detention under Defence Regulation 18B ; both were arrested on the same day as Mosley in May 1940.

Valencia was felled by this plague in May 1348, enabling Peter to escape amid the confusion.

However it soon broke with many of the tenants of Bordigism and Marxism per se., arguing that in the aftermath of May ' 68 there was no longer any potential for the working class to escape the domination of capital through revolution.

There was no attempt at further escape: Rundstedt, accompanied by Bila and Hans Gerd and a few loyal staff, stayed at Bad Tölz until it was occupied by American forces on 1 May, the day after Hitler's suicide in Berlin.

In May, he was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment – which, considering his record, was lenient for the time and place – to be served at La Santé maximum security prison where escape was thought to be impossible.

On May 5, 2010, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Viacom's Comedy Central " is developing a whole animated series around Jesus Christ " who, according to the network, wants to escape the shadow of his " powerful but apathetic father.

Rudolf had Kelley arrested in May 1591 and imprisoned him in the Křivoklát Castle outside Prague, supposedly for killing an official named Jiri Hunkler in a duel, but it is also likely that he did not want Kelley to escape with his rumored alchemical secrets.

The ' Directional Wireless Installation ' ( DWI ), a cover story for the true purpose of the magnetic loop, was used successfully on May 10, 1940 to sweep a path for the escape of the Dutch Royal Family to the UK.

In April and May 1944, some of the mines laid were timed to become effective at various dates so as to escape being swept before the invasion of France.

Some weeks after Richard ’ s marriage to his bride on 12 May 1191, Isaac planned an escape by boat to mainland, but was apprehended in the abbey of Cape St. Andrea at the eastern point of the island and later imprisoned in the castle of Markappos in Syria, where he died shortly afterwards in captivity.

Created by resident artist Jon P. Mooers, the mural was unveiled in downtown Amesbury on May 15, 2010.

Dennis Lee Hopper ( May 17, 1936May 29, 2010 ) was an American actor, filmmaker and artist.

Georges Prosper Remi ( 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983 ), known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist.

James Joseph Brown ( May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006 ) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist.

Arturo Molina Jr. ( born May 31, 1964 ), better known as Frost ( Originally Kid Frost ), is a Mexican American hip hop artist.

But after Kubo and Tanaka make peace, teaming up with hard-working artist Misuzu, Kubo and friends successfully take over the anime industry with a magical girl show, " Misty May ".

* May 4 – Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian born painter and visual artist, founder of Transrealism

* May 18-Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist, philosopher

* May 24 – Walter Moers, German comic artist and writer

* May 14 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist ( b. 1884 )

* May 26 – Robert W. Chambers, American artist ( d. 1933 )

* May 6 – Grange Calveley, British writer and artist

* May 13 – Kurt Trampedach, Danish artist

* August 5 – Phil May, English artist ( b. 1864 )

* May 28 – Phil Hartman, Canadian-born American artist, writer, actor, and comedian ( b. 1948 )

* May 9 – Gary Daniels, British martial artist and actor

* May 12 – Jerry Trimble, American actor and martial artist

* May 11 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist ( d. 1989 )

* May 19 – Sophia Crawford, actress, stuntwoman and martial artist

* May 5 – Sophia Campbell, Australian artist ( b. 1777 )

* May 11 – Juan Downey, Chilean-born video artist ( d. 1993 )

* May 24 – Samuel Palmer, English artist ( b. 1805 )

* May 10 – Peter Weiss, German writer and artist ( b. 1916 )

* May 27 – Georges Rouault, French painter and graphic artist ( d. 1958 )

* May 23 – Kalidas Shrestha, Nepalese artist