The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.

An expedition in May 2008 by 19 scientists studied the geology and biology of eight Macquarie Ridge sea mounts, as well as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to investigate the effects of climate change of the southern Ocean.

The Institute of Medical Psychology at the University Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany has set up a Research Department Ayahuasca / Santo Daime, which in May 2008 held a 3-day conference under the title The globalization of Ayahuasca-An Amazonian psychoactive and its users.

* Barlett, Donald P. and Steele, James B .; " Monsanto's Harvest of Fear ", Vanity Fair May 2008

The public opening was May 21, 2008.

In May 2008, the Navy announced new plans to reposition its forces throughout Brazil.

On May 7, 2008, Borland announced the sale of CodeGear division to Embarcadero Technologies for an expected $ 23 million price and $ 7 million in CodeGear accounts receivables retained by Borland.

Charlton held the record for most appearances for Manchester United ( 758 ), but this was surpassed by Ryan Giggs on 21 May 2008 ( the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final ).

A bocce player of note is Umberto Granaglia ( May 20, 1931 – December 13, 2008 ), who was awarded the honor of " Player of the Twentieth Century " by the Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules.

The following is the show routine used on 17 May 2008:

On May 11, 2008 Sudan announced it was cutting diplomatic relations with Chad, claiming that it was helping rebels in Darfur to attack the Sudanese capital Khartoum.

From the UK, direct routes by Astraeus from London Gatwick and Manchester Airport to Sal ceased in April 2008, their website has not been taking reservations since May 2008.

TACV Cabo Verde Airlines opened a route from London Stansted in October 2008 though it was rumoured that flights were being cancelled due to minimum take up though with effect from May 2008, TACV now fly direct from London Gatwick every Thursday to Sal and Praia.

Monet's Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil, an 1873 painting of a railway bridge spanning the Seine near Paris, was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder for a record $ 41. 4 million at Christie's auction in New York on 6 May 2008.

In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the Republic of Ireland national football team who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008 and May 2009 respectively and Oman in 2012.

In May 2008, the NLCC and The JAM Brands announced a partnership to produce The U. S. Finals-Final Destination.

In May 2008, Gail finally met Ted Page, the father she'd never known and in 2009, Gail's boyfriend, Joe McIntyre became addicted to pain killers, which came to a head when he broke into the medical centre.

After a major rehabilitation program, the company restarted copper production in December 2007 and cobalt production in May 2008.

Dated 31 May 2008 ABC News

On May 7, 2008, following speculation by John Carmack at QuakeCon on August 3, 2007, Doom 4 was announced as in production.

Dismissed by the district court, the case was heard on appeal and the Ninth Circuit issued its ruling on May 21, 2008.

In May 1896, Shaikh Muhammad Al-Sabah was assassinated by his half-brother, Mubarak, who, in early 1897, was recognized, by the Ottoman sultan, as the qaimmaqam ( provincial sub-governor ) of Kuwait.

In May 1921 ibn Saud's Wahhabi Bedouins of Nejd attacked a Kuwaiti detachment in southern Kuwait, forcing its retreat.

On November 11, 2008, the KAA Protocols were historically signed at Kuwait Naval Base having been verbally agreed onboard HMS Chatham ( F87 ) on 8 May 2008.

* May 17 – Muhammad Al-Sabah, emir of Kuwait ( b. 1831 )

* May 25 – In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

* May 5 – Abdullah I Al-Sabah, Kuwait ruler ( born 1740 )

The United Nations Iraq – Kuwait Observation Mission ( UNIKOM ) was established on April 9, 1991 following the Gulf War by Security Council Resolution 689 ( 1991 ) and fully deployed by early May 1991.

The inauguration was on 15 May 1966 and was marked by the visits of the first big jets of Middle East Airlines and Kuwait Airways Comets.

* In May 2010, Iraqi Airways was forced to suspend all operations to both the United Kingdom and Sweden due to ongoing legal issues with Kuwait.

* On 26 May 2010, Amer Abdul-Jabbar, Iraq's transport minister, said the cabinet had decided on Tuesday to dissolve the company over the next three years and pursue private options to avoid asset claims made by Kuwait over their 1990-91 war.

Husseini died of a seeming heart attack in Kuwait on May 31, 2001.

In May 2003, Ambuhl and the 372nd Company arrived in Kuwait, proceeding north to Al Hillah in Iraq, where the company " was responsible for, among other things, assisting and training the Iraqi Police in the surrounding area.

The remaining elements of the Rolling Thunder battalion crossed the border of Kuwait and Iraq on 4 May 2003 at approximately 0520 hours.

The late 1970s saw a major push into the Middle East with contracts signed to Kuwait at the port of Shuwaik ( September 1977 ), Saudi Arabia at the port of Dammam ( March 1979 ), and at the port of Jeddah ( May 1980 ).

In May 1977, for $ 2. 5 million, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, or the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Joint Program Production Institution bought the Arab world rights to the Sesame Street concept for a nine-year period, as well as CTW's technical assistance, research and production advice and the services of a resident consulting producer during the production period in Kuwait.

United Nations Security Council resolution 1483, adopted on 22 May 2003, after recalling all previous resolutions on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, the Council lifted trade sanctions against Iraq ( excluding an arms embargo ) and terminated the Oil-for-Food Programme.

Main Street Station offers a self-guided tour which includes a portion of the Berlin Wall, stained glass from the Lillian Russell Mansion, doors and facade from the Kuwait Royal Bank, doors from the George Pullman Mansion, Louisa May Alcott pullman car, chandeliers from the Coca-Cola building and Figaro Opera House, and various statues.

Regis was naturalized on May 20, 1998 and received his first cap against Kuwait just three days later.

* In Kuwait, summer vacation for elementary and middle school, to 9th grade starts at the end of May or at the beginning of June and ends at mid to late September, sometimes as far as early October.

Before the CPIC ceased operations in Kuwait in early May, 2003, credentials were issued to more than 6, 500 journalists, permitting them various levels of access to coalition forces.

They began August 6, 1990, four days after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, stayed largely in force until May 2003 ( after Saddam Hussein's being forced from power ), and certain portions including reparations to Kuwait persisting later and through the present.

On November 11, 2008, the KAA Protocols were historically signed at Kuwait Naval Base having been verbally agreed onboard HMS Chatham ( F87 ) on 8 May 2008.

An Amiri decree was issued on May 19, 1952 to open the National Bank of Kuwait, and NBK started operations in a small bank that started operations on November 15, 1952 within a total space of three shops and a handful of employees relying on traditional and manual banking tools to one of one of the largest and most profitable banks in the region.

MSI-Cellular Investments was renamed as Celtel International in 2004 and was bought by Mobile Telecommunications Company, a telecoms company from Kuwait, in May 2005.