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{{main|May 1979}}
* [[May 1]] – [[Greenland]] is granted limited autonomy from Denmark, with its own [[Parliament of Greenland|Parliament]] sitting in [[Nuuk]].
* [[May 3]] – The [[1979 United Kingdom general election]] for the House of Commons takes place, giving the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] a majority, and makingdesignating [[Margaret Thatcher]] the nation's first woman prime minister, ending the rule of [[James Callaghan]]'s [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393311.stm|title=1979: Thatcher wins Tory landslide|work=Election 2005|publisher=BBC News|date=2005-04-05|access-date=2013-03-18}}</ref>
* [[May 4]] – Thatcher is appointed the [[prime minister of the United Kingdom]].
* [[May 8]] – Ten shoppers die in [[Woolworths fire|a fire at the Woolworths department store]] in [[Manchester]] city centre in England.
* [[May 9]]