An airport security guard and Imam, Abdulaziz al-Omari (,, also transliterated as Alomari or al-Umari ) ( May 28, 1979 – September 11, 2001 ) was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 as part of the September 11 attacks.

He has used birth dates of December 24, 1972 and May 28, 1979.

In May 1979, while at the album release party for her second album, My Father's Eyes, Grant met Gary Chapman, writer of the title track ( and future husband ).

* Jeffreys, Elizabeth and Michael, and Moffatt, Ann, Byzantine Papers: Proceedings of the First Australian Byzantine Studies Conference, Canberra, 17 – 19 May 1978 ( Australian National University, Canberra, 1979 ).

On 6 May 1997, following the 1997 general election which brought a Labour government to power for the first time since 1979, it was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, that the Bank of England would be granted operational independence over monetary policy.

After performing for Queen Elizabeth II at a command performance in 1979, Haley made his final performances in South Africa in May and June 1980.

* St Nicholas Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners No. 1188 was consecrated on the 2 June 1979, it currently meets on the second Thursday in March, May, September & November

The original companies that spawned Capcom's Japanese branch were I. R. M Corporation founded on May 30, 1979, as well as its subsidiary Japan Capsule Computers Co., Ltd., both of which were devoted to the manufacturing and distribution of electronic game machines.

Though they won a narrow majority, it fell short of the 40 per cent required, accelerating the fall of the Labour Government, in May 1979.

On May 10, 1979, four of the Trust Territory districts ratified the Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia.

In May 1979, Dr. John McMullen had agreed to buy the Astros.

However, the election of the Conservative Party led by Margaret Thatcher at the general election in May 1979, at the expense of Labour's James Callaghan, saw substantial trade union reform which saw the level of strikes fall, but also the level of trade union membership fall.

In November 1978 and again in May 1979 Ferrigno appeared in Battle of the Network Stars.

Mary Pickford ( April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979 ) was a Canadian motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

* 1979 – Six-year-old Etan Patz disappears from the street just two blocks away from his New York City home, prompting an international search for the child, and causing U. S. President Ronald Reagan to designate May 25th as National Missing Children's Day ( in 1983 ).

Mehmet Ali Ağca (; born January 9, 1958 ) is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on February 1, 1979 and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison.

In May 1979, another general strike was called, and the FSLN launched a major push to take control of the country.

They were called " Saturday Night Specials ", in a derisive nod to cheap handguns then called by that name and were worn for the first and last time on May 19, 1979, a 10 – 5 loss to the Expos.

Lou Ferrigno's epic tug-o '- war performance in May 1979 is considered the greatest feat in ' Battle ' history.

Following the release of Get Over You in February 1979, the Undertones ' eponymous debut album was released in May.

He was an American child that disappeared on May 25, 1979.

* On May 25, 1979, the American Airlines Flight 191 from O ' Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles International Airport, crashed during take-off, killing all 271 on board and 2 people on the ground.

* May 10 – Sid Vicious, English rock bassist ( Sex Pistols ) ( d. 1979 )

* May 2 – Philippe Halsman, Latvian-born American photographer ( d. 1979 )

* May 30 – Doris Packer, American actress ( d. 1979 )

This was the beginning of one of the greatest periods in English cricket history with players such as captain Len Hutton, batsmen Denis Compton, Peter May, Tom Graveney, Colin Cowdrey, bowlers Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Alec Bedser, Jim Laker, Tony Lock and wicket-keeper Godfrey Evans.

In May 2000, he later had surgery to repair a leaking heart valve, and was forced to take a three month break from Parliament, with Deputy First Minister, Jim Wallace taking over as Acting First Minister.

Finally, in May 1998, they dealt Bobby Bonilla, Gary Sheffield, Charles Johnson, Jim Eisenreich, and Manuel Barrios to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile, both of whom would be gone via trades by midseason.

James Maury " Jim " Henson ( September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990 ) was an American puppeteer, best known as the creator of The Muppets.

On 8 May 2012, he appeared on the Radio Four series " The Life Scientific ", talking to Jim al-Khalili about the Gaia hypothesis.

* May 6 – Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer

* May 25 – Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford wins for a third time in car owner Jim Hall's revolutionary ground effect Chaparral car ; the victory is Hall's second as an owner.

* May 18 – Jim Bowden, American baseball executive

* May 18 – Jim Moginie, Australian rock guitarist ( Midnight Oil )

* May 13 – Jim Shoulders, American rodeo cowboy ( d. 2007 )

* May 24 – Jim Barnes, English golf champion ( b. 1886 )

* May 7 – Jim Connors, American radio personality ( d. 1987 )

* May 28 – Jim Thorpe, American athlete ( d. 1953 )

* May 31 – Racing driver Jim Clark wins the Indianapolis 500, and later wins the Formula One world driving championship in the same year.

* May 28 – Indianapolis 500: Al Unser wins his third race, and the first for car owner Jim Hall.

** In Britain, Jim Callaghan's minority Labour government loses a motion of confidence by 1 vote, forcing a general election which is to be held on 3 May.

* May 19 – Jim Lehrer, American television journalist for PBS ( MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour )

Elements of the Ohio Army National Guard were ordered to Kent State University by Ohio's governor Jim Rhodes to quell anti-Vietnam War protests, culminating in their shooting into a crowd of students on May 4, 1970, killing four and injuring nine.

Following Freddie Mercury's death on 24 November 1991 from bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS, the remaining members of Queen ( John Deacon, Brian May and Roger Taylor ) came together with Queen Manager Jim Beach to organise an open air concert to celebrate the life and legacy of Mercury, as well as raise money for AIDS research, and spread awareness about the disease.

James Francis " Jim " Thorpe ( Sac and Fox ( Sauk ): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as " Bright Path "; May 28, 1888March 28, 1953 ) was an American athlete of mixed ancestry ( Native American and Caucasian ).

* Johan Beaston, Jim Kahn: An 8741A / 8041A Digital Cassette Controller, Application Note AP-90, May 1980, Intel Corporation.

On May 31, 2007, Jim O ' Brien was named Carlisle's successor.

In early May 2009, Jim Waldron, a Davison, Michigan, Pontiac dealer, announced that he was interested in purchasing the Pontiac brand and logos, and had found financing to purchase them as well as some soon-to-be shuttered GM plants in order to build cars.

* " HACKING AROUND " May 8, 1998 Transcript of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer-with photos of Stefan and Weld