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Thursday, 19 February 2026
May 03 Betty Comden, Bkln, song writer (Comden and Green-Bells are Ringing) 
May 04 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)
May 04 Dimiter Petkov, composer
May 04 FVC soccer team forms
May 05 George London, Montreal Canada, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto)
May 06 Frank Ereaut, Balliff of Jersey
May 06 Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62
May 06 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; Ger E Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa
May 06 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German Southwest Africa to South Africa.
May 07 Eva (Evita) Peron-Duarte, Argentina, 1st lady/actress.
May 07 Marie Peron, Argentinian on who 'Evita' was based is born.
May 08 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane.
May 08 Appingedam soccer team forms
May 08 Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer.
May 09 Arthur English, comedian/actor (Malachi's Cove)
May 10 In this year, 45th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton claims in 2:09.8
May 10 Race riot in Charleston SC, 2 blacks killed
May 11 Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0.
May 12 Yanks and Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15.
May 14 Heloise Bowles, columnist Heloise's mother (Hints from Heloise).
May 14 In this year, 45th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton claims in 1:53
May 15 Bkln Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0
May 15 Charles Palmer, cricketer (one Test 1955, later MCC president)
May 16 Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman)
May 17 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer, dies at 80
May 17 War Department (UK) orders use of National Star Insignia on all airplanes
May 18 Margot Fonteyn, Surrey England, prima ballerina (Giselle)
May 19 Betty Jameson, Norman OK, LPGA golfer (1947 US Women's Open)
May 19 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what was later termed the Turkish War of Independence. The anniversary of this event is the official date of commemoration of the Pontic Greek Genocide in Greece and Cyprus
May 20 George Gobel, Chicago Ill, comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife).
May 20 Jacob Verdam, philosopher, dies
May 20 Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550.
May 21 Lord Maxwell, senator/prof (college of Justice Scotland)
May 21 Victor A D Segalen, [Max Anely], French ship's doctor/writer, dies.
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