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Friday, 12 June 2026
May 06 Orson Wells, American Actor is born 
May 07 Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania
May 07 The liner 'Lusitania' is sunk by German forces off the Irish coast.
May 08 Australian 2nd Brigade and New Zealand Brigade in Battle of Krithia
May 08 Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett's account of the Gallipoli landing published in Australia
May 08 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
May 08 In this year, 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret claims in 2:05.4
May 08 John Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon)
May 09 German and French fight Battle of Artois.
May 09 German and French fight the Battle of Artois
May 09 Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral
May 10 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle.
May 10 Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor
May 10 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea
May 12 Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250.
May 12 Franklin K Mathiews, presents the idea of "Book Week"
May 13 John Habakkuk, principal (Jesus College in Oxford).
May 14 Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones and City Slickers).
May 15 A T and T is recorded as becoming 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders
May 15 Maurice B Latey, commentator (BBC World Service).
May 17 In this year, 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden claims in 1:58.
May 17 Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer
May 17 Last liberal British Government of Asquith falls
May 17 National Baptist Convention chartered.
May 18 Leon Shenandoah, native American leader.
May 18 Major General Sir William Bridges, Commander of the inaugural Division, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), dies of wounds inflicted at Anzac Cove on 15 May His body is buried in the grounds of the Royal Military College, Duntroon.
May 19 Australians repel major Turkish attack on their positions at Gallipoli
May 19 Death on Gallipoli of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick of "Simpson and his donkey" fame.
May 19 Lance Corporal Albert Jacka, 14th Battalion, AIF, is recorded as becoming the inaugural Australian to win a Victoria Cross in World War One for his action at Gallipoli, Turkey.
May 20 Bataafsche Petroleum begins oil extraction of Maracaibo
May 20 Bataafsche Petroleum Me begins oil extraction of Maracaibo
May 20 Moshe Dayan, Israeli general/minister of Defense
May 20 Moshe Dayan, Israeli military leader is born.
May 22 Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland).
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