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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 26 Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, US actor/director (My Old Dutch) 
Apr 26 Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London
Apr 27 French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan
May 02 E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi author (Triplanetary)
May 02 Territory of Oklahoma created
May 03 B Traven, writer.
May 05 Christopher Morley, author (Kitty Foil)
May 06 Claire Whitney, NY, silent film actress (Blind Fools, Haunted Mine)
May 06 Hubert Leonard, composer, dies at 71.
May 06 Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]
May 07 Billy House, Minn, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I).
May 12 Louisiana legalized prize fighting
May 13 In this year, 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague claims in 2:36.75.
May 13 Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda and Equatoria.
May 14 In this year, 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley claims in 2:45.
May 15 Katherine Anne Porter, US, novelist (Ship of Fools).
May 17 Clyde Fitch's "Beau Brummel," premieres in NYC
May 17 Comic Cuts, inaugural weekly comic paper, published in London.
May 17 Philip James, composer
May 19 Gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24.
May 19 Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969).
May 19 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed is born.
May 20 Beniamino Gigli, Italy, tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde).
May 21 Albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra).
May 23 Herbert Marshall, London, actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes)
May 24 Caprivi succeeds Bismarck on as chancellor of Germany
May 24 Geo Train and Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma
May 24 Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London.
May 26 Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudes/portraits).
May 28 Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49
May 29 Francis de Bourguignon, composer
May 30 1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz)
Jun 01 Frank Morgan, [Francis P Wupperman], NYC, actor (Annie Get Your Gun).
Jun 01 US census at 62622250.
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