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.

On May 28, 2002, the United States Food and Drug Administration instituted a policy that excludes from donation anyone who spent at least six months in certain European countries, ( or three months in the United Kingdom ), from 1980 to 1996.

Clement Martyn Doke ( 16 May 1893 in Bristol, United Kingdom – 24 February 1980 in East London, South Africa ) was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages.

By May 1984, Ken Barlow stood as the only original cast member, after the departures of Ena Sharples ( in 1980 ), Annie Walker ( in 1983 ), Elsie Tanner ( in 1984 ) and Albert Tatlock ( also 1984 ).

" S. Fred Singer Papers, 1953 – 1989 ( bulk 1960 – 1980 )", accessed May 15, 2010.

From November 1980 to May 1984, power was held by a provisional government responsible to a Revolutionary Council headed by President João Bernardo Vieira.

Marshal Josip Broz Tito (; born Josip Broz ; Cyrillic: Јосип Броз Тито ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980 ) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1945 until his death in 1980.

On May 3, 1980, he married psychotherapist Carla Green, who then also began serving as his manager ; she later became a personal trainer.

Curtis committed suicide on 18 May 1980, the day before Joy Division were scheduled to depart for their first American tour, and prior to release of the band's second album, Closer.

Heinlein's surgical treatment re-energized him, and he wrote five novels from 1980 until he died in his sleep from emphysema and heart failure on May 8, 1988.

Rolf Herman Nevanlinna ( 22 October 1895 – 28 May 1980 ) was one of the most famous Finnish mathematicians.

* Compressor-expander for a musical instrument, issued May 1980

Chun Doo-hwan declared martial law on May 17, 1980, and protests escalated.

On May 18, 1980, a confrontation broke out in the city of Gwangju between protesting students of Chonnam National University and the armed forces dispatched by the Martial Law Command.

Regional bitterness was intensified by the May 1980 Gwangju massacre, in which about 200 and perhaps many more inhabitants of the capital of Jeollanam-do were killed by government troops sent to quell an insurrection.

The United States ' alleged role in the May 1980 Gwangju uprising was the single most pressing South Korean political issue of the 1980s.

On May 17, 1980, the eve of the presidential elections, it burned ballot boxes in the town of Chuschi.

Williams first single for Skyhooks, " Over the Border ", reached the top 40 in April, and their fifth studio album, Hot for the Orient, appeared in May 1980, but failed to peak into the top 50.

The band soon recorded a four-song demo tape in Mars ' basement, and handed it to Peter Jesperson in May 1980.

* May 18 – Dirch Passer, Danish actor ( d. 1980 )

* May 31 – John Bonham, British rock drummer ( Led Zeppelin ) ( d. 1980 )

* May 3 – Virgil Fox, American organist ( d. 1980 )

After the band's six-night stand at New York's Uris Theatre in May 1974, Brian May collapsed and was diagnosed as having hepatitis.

Most of the album was recorded in Munich during the most turbulent period in the band's history, and Taylor and May lamented the new sound, with both being very critical of the influence Mercury's personal manager Paul Prenter had on the singer.

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 14 March 2011, which marked the band's 40th anniversary, Queen's first five albums were re-released in the UK and some other territories as remastered deluxe editions ( the US versions were released on 17 May ).

Brian May confirmed that he and Taylor are working their way through the band's old material to compile a selection of unreleased songs for the forthcoming album.

" Lenny " was followed soon afterwards by the band's debut album, I Should Coco ( May 1995 ), which entered the UK Album Charts at number one.

In the wake of the group's success for the Victor release, in May the band returned to Columbia, recording two selections of popular tunes of the day chosen for them by the record company ( possibly hoping to avoid the copyright problems which arose after Victor recorded two of the band's supposedly original compositions ) " Darktown Strutter's Ball " and "( Back Home Again in ) Indiana " as catalogue # A-2297.

The band's best performing single, and perhaps their most recognised and popular hit song, " Heat of the Moment ", climbed to No. 4 on the American Top 40 charts, having debuted on the AT40 on 1 May 1982, and spent a total of 12 weeks in there.

In May 1990, Roger O ' Donnell quit and was replaced with the band's guitar technician Perry Bamonte.

" The band's self-titled sixth album Stone Temple Pilots was released on May 25, 2010, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.

According to a post made on the 25 May 2010 on the band's Myspace page, Barry, Diani and Fiocco are recording new material with new drummer Martin Davies.

On May 9, 2008 the other members of the group sued drummer Mark Herndon for $ 202, 670 in money allegedly overpaid to him three years earlier after the band's farewell tour concluded.

The band's sixth and latest album, Diamond Eyes, was released on May 4, 2010.

In a May 2009 interview, Pop announced the band's plans to continue performing with James Williamson returning as guitarist.

Also for Poison's 25th Anniversary, 35 of the multi-platinum band's top hits and fan favorites have been gathered for " Poison-Double Dose: Ultimate Hits ", a new career-spanning 2CD and digital collection to be released May 3, 2011 by Capitol / EMI.

" This adds fuel to the possibility of the band's new album being recorded the first week of May.

" The recording sessions with Albini took place at Pachyderm Recording Studio and resulted in the band's major label debut Rid of Me in May 1993.

The band's eighth studio album, Send Away the Tigers, was released on 7 May 2007 on Columbia Records.

The band's 2007 North American and European tour, titled Mythrus, began in May 2007.

* Pete Frame on the band's Fillmore East debut, ZigZag magazine, May 1970

In May 2007 he uploaded " Hand to Hold " on the band's Myspace page.

Described as " European experimental meets West Coast American grunge ", The Humans recorded their debut album We Are the Humans in Seattle in 2008, released in Estonia in May 2009 to coincide with the band's return to play in front of the country's president.

In 2009, Y & T inked a deal with Italy's Frontiers Records for the release of the band's twelfth studio album to be released in May 2010.