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Tuesday, 26 May 2026
May 04 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded 
May 04 The inaugural balloon flight over 40000 feet (Scott Field IL).
May 05 Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies
May 05 Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin.
May 07 Jim Lowe, Springfield Mass, DJ (WNEW) "King of Trivia".
May 07 SF Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated
May 09 Australian Parliament inaugural convenes in new capital, Canberra
May 09 In this year, 53rd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian claims in 2:01.6.
May 09 John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
May 09 Tommy Routledge, cricketer (4 Tests for S Africa 1892-96), dies.
May 11 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer.
May 11 Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90
May 11 Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
May 13 "Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange
May 13 Black Friday' in Germany, the day when the economic collapse of Germany begins
May 13 Clive Barnes, drama critic (NY Times, NY Post).
May 13 VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk
May 14 "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie.
May 14 Shirley Spork, LPGA golfer
May 16 John Walford, solicitor
May 16 NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd and home
May 16 Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax
May 17 Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings
May 18 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses.
May 18 Richard Body, MP.
May 18 Ritz Hotel opens in Boston.
May 20 At 7 40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris
May 20 At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from NY to cross Atlantic for Paris.
May 20 Britain recognises the independence of Saudi Arabia
May 20 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, NY to begin his historic solo flight to Paris.
May 20 Saudi Arabia is recorded as becoming independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda)
May 21 Charles Lindbergh is recorded as becoming the inaugural to fly solo across the Atlantic.
May 21 George Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner.
May 21 Lindbergh lands in Paris France, after inaugural solo air crossing of Atlantic
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