However, there was little controversy until May 22, 1989, when Griffin was interviewed by the Washington Times.

* May 25 – John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal ( b. 1719 )

In an international design competition conducted by the Department of Home Affairs, on 24 May 1911, the design by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin was chosen for the city, and in 1913 Griffin was appointed Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction and construction began.

In such tales as The Three May Peaches, Jesper Who Herded the Hares, or The Griffin, kings set dangerous tasks in an attempt to prevent the marriage.

When the Supreme Court, ruling in Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, agreed in May 1964 in a 9-0 ruling, deciding in a unanimous decision that Prince Edward County's move violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, county and state supervisors gave in rather than risk prosecution and prison, ending the era of Massive Resistance in Virginia.

* Mustered In: 13 – 15 May 1898 at Griffin, Georgia

In addition, Better Than Ezra announced the May 12, 2009 release date for their seventh studio album, entitled Paper Empire, which is produced by Warren Huart and singer Kevin Griffin.

Expanding its television franchise, on May 5, 1986, Columbia also bought Merv Griffin Enterprises, notable for successful shows: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy !, Dance Fever, and The Merv Griffin Show for $ 250 million.

Isaac Griffin ( DR ), from May 24, 1813

The Miramax 101 minute film, marking actor Griffin Dunne's directorial debut, was released on May 23, one week before the highly competitive Memorial Day weekend in the United States.

On May 12, 1830, a group of students directed by college President Edward Dorr Griffin improved and further cut a trail from the end of the Hopper Road to the summit.

On 9 May 1726, three men ( Gabriel Lawrence, William Griffin, and Thomas Wright ) were hanged at Tyburn for buggery following a raid of Margaret Clap's molly house.

Hodge retained her seat at the May 2010 general election, doubling her majority to over 16, 000, following a hugely unsuccessful campaign by the BNP which saw Nick Griffin come third behind the Conservatives, and his party lose all 12 of its seats on Barking and Dagenham Council.

Light appeared in a May 2006 episode of Family Guy (" Untitled Griffin Family History ") wherein she voiced a cartoon version of herself obsessed with former co-star Tony Danza and making out with a constructed dummy of Tony in her house.

The Bees were awarded the Trophy in front of 10, 223 fans at Griffin Park on 2 May.

The James G. Boswell Foundation is the charitable foundation established in 1947 by James Griffin Boswell ( May 13, 1882 – 1952 ), founder of the J. G. Boswell Company, a successful farm and agricultural supplies enterprise established in Corcoran, California in 1921.

****** Gordon Forbes ( b 1918 Mass-d 2009 ) m. 1st to Catherine May Griffin ( b 1918 Chicago-d 2003 ) ( 3 Children )

* Stephen Griffin ( 1 May 2009 -)

Upon his retirement, Griffin sold his production company, Merv Griffin Enterprises, to Columbia Pictures Television unit for US $ 250 million on May 6, 1986, the largest acquisition of an entertainment company owned by a single individual at that time.

On May 14, 2003, Griffin was honored with the BMI President's Award at the annual BMI Film and Television Awards ceremony.

Abby May wrote in her journal on January 17, 1843, " A day of some excitement, as Mr. Alcott refused to pay his town tax ... After waiting some time to be committed jail, he was told it was paid by a friend.

: May 3, 1860: " Mr. Darwin has written a work which will constitute an era in geology & natural history to show that ... the descendants of common parents may become in the course of ages so unlike each other as to be entitled to rank as a distinct species, from each other or from some of their progenitors ".

Adams responded on May 18, 1998, with a comic strip called Pippy the Ziphead, " cramming as much artwork in as possible so no one will notice there's only one joke ... it's on the reader.

In May 1955 McCarthy threatened to issue subpoenas to White House personnel ; Eisenhower was furious, and issued an order as follows: " It is essential to efficient and effective administration that employees of the Executive Branch be in a position to be completely candid in advising with each other on official matters ... it is not in the public interest that any of their conversations or communications, or any documents or reproductions, concerning such advice be disclosed.

This particular fact was reinforced when TV Guide ranked the series number 10 on its 50 Worst Shows of All Time List in 2002 ... a full 10 years after the last first-run episode aired on May 30, 1992 ( although the entry specifically refers to the Hee Haw Honeys spinoff, not the main show itself ).

Ratebzad wrote the famous New Kabul Times editorial ( May 28, 1978 ) which declared: " Privileges which women, by right, must have are equal education, job security, health services, and free time to rear a healthy generation for building the future of the country ...

" On May 5, 1792, Madison told Washington, " with respect to the spirit of party that was taking place ... I was sensible of its existence ".

On 19 May 1940 Ribbentrop met the new Italian Ambassador Dino Alfieri, who described the meeting as follows :" He commented at length on the " dazzling " successes of the German armies, extolling the military genius of the Führer ... who had " revealed himself as the greatest military genius since Napoleon "... He spoke of the inevitable clash between the young nations and the old ; of the necessity of breaking the ring with which the Judaeo-democratic-plutocratic powers were trying to encircle Germany and Italy ; and of the need to create a new European civilization.

* Police Public ( 11 May 1990 ) ( Released ) ... Senior Inspector Shah Nawaz Khan

* Kurbaan ( 31 May 1991 ) ( Released ) ...

* The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd ( May 1987 ) ( TV series ) ... Bill

* The Bold and the Beautiful ( 4 May 2005 ) ( TV series ) ...

* Vivere ( May 2006 ) ( Italian TV Series ) ... Emir Ibrahim

In a virtual press conference in May 2009 on the influenza pandemic Dr Keiji Fukuda, Assistant Director-General ad Interim for Health Security and Environment, WHO said " An easy way to think about pandemic ... is to say: a pandemic is a global outbreak.

The original PLO Charter ( issued on 28 May 1964 ) stated that " Palestine with its boundaries that existed at the time of the British mandate is an integral regional unit " and sought to " prohibit ... the existence and activity " of Zionism.

* Paul Kantor ( Ed ), Gheorghe Mureşan ( Ed ), Fred Roberts ( Ed ), Daniel Zeng ( Ed ), Frei-Yue Wang ( Ed ), Hsinchun Chen ( Ed ), Ralph Merkle ( Ed ), " Intelligence and Security Informatics ": IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2005, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 19 – 20, ... ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science ), Springer, 2005, ISBN 3-540-25999-6.

Hearings ... Ninety-first Congress, Second Session on S. 30, and Related Proposals, Relating to the Control of Organized Crime in the U. S. May 20, 21, 27 ; June 10, 11, 17 ; July 23, and Aug. 5, 1970.

" The launch of such a missile could ... provoke a full-scale counterattack using strategic nuclear forces ," Putin said in May 2006.

After Griffith criticized Scott Adams ' comic Dilbert, Adams responded on May 18, 1998, with a comic strip called Pippy the Ziphead, " cramming as much artwork in as possible so no one will notice there's only one joke ... it's on the reader.

The ensuing report, created by Trent Lott and Christopher Dodd, issued in May 2003, cautioned that " It is too soon to determine the extent to which the goals of Maine ’ s and Arizona ’ s public financing programs are being met ... We are not making any recommendations in this report.

Larry King wrote in the May 22, 1995, edition of USA Today, " My interview with Eastwood will air on ' Larry King Weekend ' ...

In May 1970, a state commission in Mississippi voted to ban Sesame Street because of its " highly integrated cast of children " which " the commission members felt ... Mississippi was not yet ready for ".

The naval staff hoped to gain a success to influence postwar budget debates ... Since Raeder had already discussed with Hitler on 20 May the possibility of invading Britain, such a waste of German naval strength off the North Cape counts as one of the most egregious naval misjudgements of the war.

On May 26, 1862, Union Maj. Gen. David Hunter emancipated slaves in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida stated all " persons ... heretofore held as slaves ... forever free.