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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 09 inaugural horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models) 
May 10 The American transcontinental railroad is completed
May 11 Josip Slavenski, composer.
May 12 Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38
May 13 Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch equestrian (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)
May 13 Nora Perry, writer, dies
May 14 Lowest US temperature in May recorded (-10°F-Climax, Colo).
May 14 Lowest US temperature in May recorded (-10ºF - Climax CO).
May 15 Tornado results in the deaths of 78 in Texas
May 17 Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer
May 18 US Supreme court affirms "separate but equal" policy (Plessy v Ferguson)
May 18 US Supreme court affirms race separation (Plessy v Ferguson)
May 18 Walter Fitzgerald, Keyhan Devonport England
May 19 1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands.
May 19 inaugural automobile (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands
May 19 Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon.
May 20 Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76.
May 20 The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others.
May 25 Jan N Bakhuizen van den Brink, theologist/church historian
May 26 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY
May 26 Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
May 26 Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
May 27 255 people are killed when a twister strikes St Louis, Missouri and East St Louis, Illinois.
May 27 Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies
May 27 Bay District Race Track closes.
May 27 The inaugural major tornado to strike urban US (St Louis and E St Louis MO); killing 255 and leaving thousands homeless
May 28 Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer
May 29 George L Funke, botanist (Flower Physiology).
May 30 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)
May 30 Howard Hawks, American film director is born.
May 30 Howard Hawks, Goshen Ind, director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface).
May 30 inaugural car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)
Jun 02 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies
Jun 02 Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
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