Editing 1978 (section)

=== May ===
{{Main|May 1978}}
* [[May 4]]
** The [[Battle of Cassinga]] occurs in southern [[Angola]].
** [[Communist]] activist [[Henri Curiel]] is murdered in Paris.
* [[May 8]]
** Norway opens a [[natural gas]] field, in the [[Arctic Ocean|Polar Sea]].
** [[Reinhold Messner]] (Italy) and [[Peter Habeler]] (Austria) make the first ascent of Mount Everest, without supplemental oxygen.
* [[May 9]] – In Rome, the corpse of former Italian prime minister [[Aldo Moro]], is found in a red [[Renault 4]].
* [[May 12]] – In [[Zaire]], rebels occupy the city of [[Kolwezi]], the mining centre of the province of [[Katanga Province|Shaba]]. The Zairean government asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.
* [[May 12]]–[[May 13|13]] – A group of [[mercenary|mercenaries]], led by [[Bob Denard]], oust [[Ali Soilih]] in the [[Comoros]]; ten local soldiers are killed. Denard forms a new government.
* [[May 15]] 
** Students of the [[University of Tehran]] riot in [[Tabriz]]; the army stops the riot.
** First [[Timezone (video arcades)|Timezone]] Opens in [[Perth, Western Australia]]
* [[May 17]] – [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s coffin is found some {{convert|15|km|mi}} from the cemetery from which it was stolen, near Lake Geneva.<ref name="ArafatBBC"/>
* [[May 18]]
** Soviet dissident [[Yuri Orlov]] is sentenced to 7 years' hard labor, for distributing 'counterrevolutionary material'.
** [[Sarajevo]] is selected to host the [[1984 Winter Olympics]], and Los Angeles is selected to host the [[1984 Summer Olympics]].
* [[May 18]]–[[May 19|19]] – Belgian and French paratroopers fly to Zaire, to aid the fight against the rebels.
* [[May 19]]–[[May 20|20]] – [[French Foreign Legion]] [[paratrooper]]s land in [[Kolwezi]], [[Zaire]], to rescue Europeans in the middle of a civil war.
* [[May 20]] – [[Mavis Hutchinson]], 53, becomes the first woman to run across the U.S.; her trek took 69 days.
* [[May 22]] – Exiled leaders [[Ahmed Abdallah]] and [[Muhammad Ahmad]] return to the [[Comoros]].
* [[May 23]] – American basketball player center [[Bill Walton]] of the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] was named the [[National Basketball Association]] regular season MVP.
* [[May 25]]
** First [[Unabomber]] attack: A bomb explodes in the security section of [[Northwestern University]], wounding a security guard.
** In a rematch of the previous season, the [[Montreal Canadiens]] again defeat the [[Boston Bruins]], this time four games to two, to win the [[Stanley Cup]].
* [[May 26]] – In [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], Resorts International, the first legal [[casino]] in the eastern United States, opens.
* [[May 28]] – [[Indianapolis 500]]: [[Al Unser]] wins his third race, and the first for car owner [[Jim Hall (racing driver)|Jim Hall]].
* [[May 29]] – [[Ali Soilih]] is found dead in the [[Comoros]], allegedly shot when trying to escape.