Radio History
May 10 WABC radio (NYC) plays its last record - John Lennon's "Imagine" - and switches to all-talk format
- May 13 Terri Lea Utley, 20 (Arkansas) crowned 31st Miss USA
Film & TV History
May 19 Sophia Loren jailed in Naples, Italy for tax evasion
- May 21 "WKRP in Cincinnati", an ensemble TV sitcom created by Hugh Wilson and set in a struggling radio station, 90th and final episode airs on CBS
- May 23 BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
- May 26 35th Cannes Film Festival: "Missing" directed by Costa Gavras and "Yol" directed by Serif Goren and Yilmaz Güney jointly awarded the Palme d'Or
- May 28 Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
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