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Sunday, 22 February 2026
Apr 20 The Canadian Government calls up men from ages of 20 to 22 for military service. 
Apr 21 "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25
Apr 21 "Red" Baron Manfred von Richtofen, killed in WW I
Apr 21 World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France.
Apr 22 Mickey Vernon, baseball player.
Apr 23 Battle of Zeebrugge ends
Apr 23 Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies
Apr 23 USS Stewart destroys German submarine off France.
Apr 25 Astrid Varnay, Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Met Opera 1941-56)
Apr 25 Australians drive Germans from Villers-Bretonneux, France
Apr 25 Ella Fitzgerald, US jazz singer is born
Apr 27 Giants' 9-0 winning start and Dodgers' 0-9 losing streak are stopped
Apr 27 In this year, Lt. George Burdon McKean (14th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) claims the Victoria Cross at Gavrelle France
Apr 27 John Alfred Scali, journalist/correspondent (ABC).
Apr 29 Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand, dies at 22
Apr 29 Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer (brother of Neil, Test for Australia).
Apr 29 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays
Apr 30 Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen
Apr 30 W Donald McNeill, tennis champ (US Open-1940)
May 02 Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat.
May 02 General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
May 03 Charlie Soong, Christian Missionary.
May 04 Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking
May 04 Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4.
May 05 Erbie Bowser, pianist
May 06 Godfrey Ridout, composer.
May 07 Argeliers Leon, composer.
May 09 Mike Wallace, Brookline Mass, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes).
May 10 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor.
May 11 In this year, 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator claims in 2:10.8.
May 11 Richard P Feynman, physicist (Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965).
May 12 Oscar Beregi Jr, Hungary, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City)
May 13 1st US airmail stamps issued (24 cents).
May 13 John Johnston, British diplomat (Rhodesia, Malaysia)
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