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Monday, 23 February 2026
May 07 Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87) 
May 08 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
May 09 Anthony Lloyd, Lord Justice of Appeal.
May 09 NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pitts Pirates
May 10 In this year, 55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland claims in 2:01.6
May 11 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week).
May 11 Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin TX.
May 11 inaugural regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week).
May 11 The inaugural regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week).
May 12 Burt Bacharach, American Composer is born.
May 12 Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)
May 12 Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)
May 15 Fire in X-ray film stock results in the deaths of 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleve Ohio).
May 15 Fire in X-ray film stock results in the deaths of 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland OH).
May 16 1st Academy Awards
May 16 Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters).
May 16 Lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies.
May 16 The inaugural ever Academy Awards (Oscars) are held.
May 16 The inaugural-ever Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
May 18 In this year, 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen claims in 2:10.8
May 18 Johan N Block, aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland)
May 19 Cloudburst leads to stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death.
May 19 Cloudburst leads to stampede in Yankee Stadium; 2 people crushed to death.
May 19 General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek Government.
May 19 Harvey Cox, US theologist (Secular City)
May 21 Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC.
May 21 V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies.
May 22 Asher Ben-Yohanan, composer.
May 23 Canada's inaugural airborne wedding takes place in a bi-plane over Regina
May 23 inaugural non-stop Winnipeg-to-Edmonton flight made in six hours and 48 minutes. (and it still takes about 6 hours for the trip)
May 24 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
May 25 Beverly Sills, [Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], Bkln NY, soprano.
May 26 Hugo Raes, Flemish writer (Horses Jump and Fresh Sea).
May 27 2nd Ryder Cup Britain-Ireland, 7-5 at Moortown, England
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