P124 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                             * 21 May - Release of The Smiths'  single Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now.  * 23 May - A methane gas explosion at  Abbeystead water treatment works in  Lancashire, England, kills 16 people.  * 27 May - An overnight flash flood  rages through neighbourhoods in Tulsa,  Oklahoma. Nearly 15 inches of rain  falls in some areas over a four-hour  period; 14 people are killed.  * 28 May - Eric Morcambe dies of this  third heart attack after a performace  at the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury.     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End