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Monday, 16 March 2026
May 13 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal. 
May 13 Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo" premieres.
May 13 Paul Osmond, British senior civil servant
May 13 The inaugural appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal.
May 14 Herta Ryder, literary agent.
May 15 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist
May 16 George Gaynes, Helsinki Finland, actor (Henry-Punky Brewster)
May 18 Charles Wintour, journalist
May 18 Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris
May 18 US passes Selective Service act.
May 20 Enyss Djemil, composer.
May 20 Turkish Government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv and Jaffa.
May 20 Turkish govt authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv and Jaffa
May 21 Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy)
May 21 Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I.
May 21 Leo Pinckney, inaugural American drafted during WWI.
May 21 Raymond Burr, American actor is born
May 21 SS City of Corinth, sunk by torpedo by the german submarine UB31 in the English Channel 12 miles SW of the Lizard penisular, Cornwall while en-route from Singapore to London with a general cargo
May 21 USS Ericsson fires inaugural torpedo of war.
May 22 Jean-Louis Laffitte Curtis, novelist
May 23 Dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft.
May 24 Derek Hodgson, British high court judge
May 25 Dorothy Sarnoff, US, actress(?).
May 25 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72
May 26 Eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary.
May 26 Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
May 27 Race riot in East St Louis IL, 1 black killed.
May 27 Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed.
May 28 "Papa" John Creach, violinist.
May 29 John F. Kennedy, Former (35th) American President is born
May 29 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mass, (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres (1961-1963).
May 30 Alexander I is recorded as becoming king of Greece
May 31 1First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball).
May 31 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball).
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