Film & TV History
May 1 Children's educational television host Fred Rogers testifies before US Senate Subcommittee on Communications to secure funding for creation of PBS
Monty Python Formed
May 11 British comedy troupe Monty Python forms, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin
Music History
May 16 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute
- May 23 22nd Cannes Film Festival: "If..." directed by Lindsay Anderson wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
Film & TV History
May 23 BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus
Midnight Cowboy
May 25 "Midnight Cowboy" directed by John Schlesinger and starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1970)
Jerry Lewis Show Finale
May 27 Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV
- May 27 Walt Disney World construction begins at Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida
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