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Sunday, 22 February 2026
May 14 Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's). 
May 14 Sunday baseball is made legal in Wash DC.
May 15 1st airmail postal service (NY, Phila and Wash DC).
May 15 Eddy Arnold, Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime).
May 15 Greek troops lands at Smyrna
May 15 The inaugural regular airmail service (between New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC) inaugurated
May 16 Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert.
May 16 Eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64.
May 16 The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense
May 17 Birgit Nilsson, Karup Sweden, operatic soprano (Elektra, Salome).
May 18 John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978- ).
May 18 Neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia.
May 18 Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia.
May 18 Pope John Paul II, Head of the Catholic Church is born.
May 18 TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale PA results in the deaths of 200
May 18 Toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34.
May 19 Florence Chadwick, swimmer (1st to swim English Channel both ways).
May 19 Wash 1st Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings.
May 20 1st electrically propelled warship (New Mexico)
May 20 The inaugural electrically propelled warship (the New Mexico)
May 21 House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote.
May 21 Leonard Mullens, rubber physicist
May 22 David Land, impressario
May 23 Bulent Arel, composer.
May 23 King Oil/Shell refinery on Curacao officially opens
May 23 SS Moldavia, lost off Littlehampton, Sussex. This P and O ship of 9500 tons was requisitioned in 1915 and converted to an auxilliary cruiser and commissioned by the British Admiralty. Later she was used as a troopship after the USA joined the war and while carrying troops to France she was torpedoed. Most soldiers were rescued but 56 lost their lives
May 24 Cleveland Indians Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19).
May 24 Coleman A Young, civil rights leader (Mayor-D-Detroit)
May 25 Claude Akins, Nelson GA, actor (BJ and Bear, Movin' On, Lobo).
May 26 Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia.
May 26 Kyarra, torpedoed by a German submarine UB57 2 miles off Anvil Point off the Dorset coast while on a voyage from London to Sydney with a general cargo. 6 lives were lost.
May 27 Battle of Aisne
May 27 Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80
May 27 Yasuhiro Nakasone, premier of Japan (1982-87)
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