- May 14 24th Emmy Awards: "All in the Family", Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton win
Don't Play Us Cheap
May 16 Melvin Van Peebles' musical "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater, NYC; runs for 164 performances
- May 18 "Me and The Chimp" an American TV sitcom last airs on CBS in the US
- May 19 25th Cannes Film Festival: "The Working Class Goes to Heaven" directed by Elio Petri and "The Mattei Affair" directed by Francesco Rosi jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
- May 19 WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
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