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Saturday, 14 February 2026
May 09 Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa Ontario, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1948). 
May 09 Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81.
May 10 WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming.
May 11 General Electric opens inaugural TV-station (Schenectady NY)
May 11 In this year, 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count claims in 2:10.4.
May 12 Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )
May 12 Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy.
May 12 Opium laws enforced
May 13 Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter.
May 14 John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab and suffers a broken leg
May 15 Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance
May 15 Mickey Mouse made his inaugural appearance
May 16 Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)
May 16 Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies
May 17 9th modern Olympic games open in Amsterdam
May 17 9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam
May 18 G R Hall, nuclear scientist
May 19 "Firedamp" explodes in Mather PA coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners.
May 19 51 frogs enter inaugural annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp CA).
May 19 Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer (Formula 1)
May 19 Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59
May 22 Roscoe Robinson, US gospel singer.
May 22 US Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act
May 22 William HT Gairdner, Engl missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54.
May 23 Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die
May 24 Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yanks beat A's 9-7
May 24 Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again.
May 25 Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean
May 25 Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is inaugural woman to fly Atlantic Ocean
May 25 Frigyes Hidas, composer
May 26 A's commit 7 errors and lose to Yanks 7-4.
May 28 Dodge Brothers Inc and Chrysler Corp merged.
May 29 Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker (NY Big MAC Bonds).
May 29 Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car.
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