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.

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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.

" The ' New Social History ' in China: The Development of Women's History ," History Teacher, May 2006, Vol.

In 26 May 2011, Craven Cottage hosted the game of 2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final between Lyon and Potsdam.

* The Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships take place every May ( since 2008 ) in every even year.

The new social movements of the sixties, such as the Black Power and anti-Vietnam war movements in the U. S, the May 1968 insurrection in France, and Women's Liberation throughout the Western world, inspired some LGBT activists to become more radical, and the Gay Liberation Movement emerged towards the end of the decade.

In May, she attended the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio where she delivered her famous extemporaneous speech on women's rights, later known as " Ain't I a Woman ".

* May 15 – WWII: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps ( WAAC ) is signed into law.

* May 20 – Thomas Alva Edison's prototype kinetoscope is first displayed at Edison's Laboratory, for a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs.

The Mary Ann Liebert company, publishers of the Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine, presented their annual Criterion Award in May 2002 to Susan Levy for her work with " Wings of Protection ".

The practice of referring to married women by their husband's first and last names has also been criticized, beginning in the nineteenth century: when the Reverend Samuel May " moved that Mrs Stephen Smith be placed on a Committee " of the National Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, Lucretia Mott " quickly replied: Woman's Rights ' women do not like to be called by their husbands ' names, but by their own ".

" Women's Journal 17 May 1890: 158.

* May 20, 1891-Thomas Edison holds the first public presentation of his Kinetoscope for the National Federation of Women's Clubs.

The most recent attempt at a fully professional women's soccer league in the U. S., Women's Professional Soccer, first suspended its planned 2012 season and then folded completely in May of that year.

* American Women's Singles Championship – May Sutton defeats Elisabeth Moore 6 – 1 6 – 2

* Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – May Sutton Bundy defeats Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 6 – 3 6 – 4

* Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers defeats May Sutton Bundy 6 – 3 9 – 7

* Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – May Sutton Bundy defeats Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 6 – 1 6 – 4

* International Women's Convention ( May )

Today the International Women's Convention / Crusade meets annually in May in various cities throughout the nation drawing thousands of women from around the world.

* Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Lena Rice ( GB ) defeats May Jacks ( GB ) 6 – 4 6 – 1

On May 20, 1891, the first public demonstration of a prototype Kinetoscope was given at the laboratory for approximately 150 members of the National Federation of Women's Clubs.

She began her professional career on the Women's Tennis Association ( WTA ) tour in May 1999 as a wild card entry in the Belgian Open clay tournament at Antwerp and became only the fifth player to win her debut WTA Tour event.

Henin announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis on 14 May 2008, and requested the Women's Tennis Association to remove her name from the rankings immediately.

On May 8, 1965 by the decree of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet International Women's Day was declared a non-working day in the USSR " in commemoration of the outstanding merits of Soviet women in communistic construction, in the defense of their Fatherland during the Great Patriotic War, in their heroism and selflessness at the front and in the rear, and also marking the great contribution of women to strengthening friendship between peoples, and the struggle for peace.

* May 20-First public display of Thomas Alva Edison's prototype horizontal kinetoscope as Dickson Greeting, is shown at Edison's Laboratory for a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs in West Orange, New Jersey.

On May 11, 1930, Albizu Campos was elected president of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and formed the first Women's Nationalist Committee, in the island municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico.