| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 05 1981 | Long Kesh Prisoner Dies After Hunger Strike |
| May 06 1981 | Maya Lin Wins To Design Memorialm |
| May 10 1981 | Mitterrand Becomes First Socialist President Of France |
| May 12 1981 | Hughes Dies In Irish Republican Hunger Strike |
| May 13 1981 | Pope Assassinated By Mehmet |
| May 21 1981 | Maze Prison: Irish Republicans Die, Hunger Strike |
| May 21 1981 | Italy Release Propaganda Due's Criminal List |
| May 24 1981 | President Aguilera Dies In Aircraft Accident |
| May 25 1981 | Gulf Cooperation Council Formed In Riyadh |
| May 26 1981 | Italian Arnaldo Forlani Resigns After Scandal |
| May 26 1981 | EA-6B Prowler Crashes On The Flight Deck Of USS Nimitz. Kills 14 |
| May 31 1981 | Jaffna Library Burned, Result Of Ethnic Biblioclasm |