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Tuesday, 26 May 2026
May 10 Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia 
May 10 Ivan Cankar, Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica).
May 12 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria.
May 12 Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63
May 13 Amersfoort-Zutphen railway opens.
May 13 Raoul Laparra, composer
May 15 In this year, 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant claims in 2:38.25.
May 17 7th US Cavalry under Custer leaves Fort Lincoln
May 17 7th US Cavalry under Custer leaves Ft Lincoln.
May 17 Alban Collignon, Belgian sport journalist
May 19 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74.
May 20 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old.
May 20 John Owen Jones, composer
May 23 1st NL no-hitter (Joe Borden, Boston)
May 24 Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46
May 25 1st tie in NL history (Athletics and Louisville, 2-2 in 14).
May 26 Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77.
May 26 HMS Challenger returns from 128000-km oceanographic exploration.
May 26 Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion.
May 27 Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies.
May 30 Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V
Jun 01 Christo Botew, writer, dies
Jun 02 Hakon Borresen, composer
Jun 02 Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina
Jun 03 Lacrosse introduced in Britain and Canada.
Jun 04 An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the inaugural Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City
Jun 04 Robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test S Africa v England 1898, scored 0 and 9).
Jun 05 Bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila.
Jun 07 George Sand, writer, dies at 71
Jun 08 George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71
Jun 10 In this year, 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine claims in 2:40.5
Jun 11 Alfred L Kroeber, Hoboken NJ, author (Anthropologist looks at History).
Jun 11 Republicans pick Rutherford B Hayes as presidental candidate
Jun 12 Narciso Garay, composer
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