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Monday, 16 February 2026
May 20 Belgian Government of Jaspar takes power. 
May 20 Belgian govt of Jaspar takes power
May 20 Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes.
May 20 Dick Pougher, cricketer (17 and 3-26 in only Test for Engld 1892), dies
May 20 Railway Labor Act became law
May 20 Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies.
May 21 Dan Perlsweig, horse trainer.
May 21 Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65.
May 21 White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double.
May 22 "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1.
May 22 Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop.
May 22 In this year, Chiang Kai-shek adopts in place of communists in Guomindang China.
May 23 Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard.
May 23 Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73.
May 23 Lebanese constitution is established under French mandate
May 23 Lebanon is recorded as becoming a republic
May 24 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 m (8:25.4)
May 25 Kitty Kallen, rocker
May 25 Miles Davis, American jazz trumpet player is born.
May 25 Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic.
May 25 Sholom Schwarzband results in the deaths of exiled Ukrainian Nationalist leader Simon Petlura.
May 25 Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47.
May 26 In this year, Lebanon formally adopts constitution.
May 26 Maria de Lourdes Martins, composer.
May 26 S V Petlura, Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard
May 27 Gordon Leggat, cricketer (open batsman for NZ in 9 Tests 1953-56)
May 28 Military coup by Gen Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal
May 28 Military coup by General Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal.
May 28 US Customs Court created by congress
May 29 Charles Denner, Tarnow Poland, actor (And Now My Love)
May 30 Christine Jorgensen, pioneer transsexual.
May 31 Derek Birley, British Vice-Chancellor (Ulster U)
May 31 Portuguese President Bernardino Machedo steps down after coup.
May 31 Sesquicentennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia
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