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Tuesday, 26 May 2026
1932 Fausto Razzi, composer 
1933 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador).
1933 J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher
1934 In the Chugach Mountains, Alaska 7.1 quake happened another one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States
1934 Pete Barbutti, Scranton Pa, comedian (Garry Moore Show)
1935 In this year, 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha claims in 2:05
1936 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)
1936 Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress is born
1936 El Cordobés, Spanish matador.
1937 Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer
1938 Douglas Hyde (a protestant) is recorded as becoming inaugural president of Eire.
1938 Douglas Hyde (a protestant) is recorded as becoming 1st president of Eire.
1938 Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48
1940 21 "not neutral" Nazis and communists arrested in Netherlands
1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)
1942 Food inaugural rationed in US
1942 German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages
1942 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)
1942 The Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today.
1943 NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier.
1944 RCAF results in the deaths of three German U-boats in under a month.
1945 German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender
1945 Germans surrender in Denmark and Norway
1946 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in SF bay.
1948 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death.
1949 Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives).
1951 The Department of National Defence forms 27th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group for service in Europe with NATO forces.
1952 In this year, Babe Didrikson-Zaharias claims LPGA Fresno Golf Open.
1953 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ernest Hemingway (Old Man and The Sea).
1953 Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at 60.
1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
1955 Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73.
1956 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam
1956 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.
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