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Thursday, 20 August 2026
Apr 26 German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain. 
Apr 26 German-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain
Apr 26 German-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain. The massacre is later painted by Picasso.
Apr 27 1st US social security payment made
Apr 27 Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46
Apr 27 inaugural US social security payment made The AARP should celebrate
Apr 27 The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco USA opens
Apr 27 US Social Security system makes its inaugural benefit payment
Apr 28 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC).
Apr 28 Saddam Hussein, [At-Takriti], president of Iraq (1979- )
Apr 28 The inaugural animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC).
Apr 28 The inaugural commercial flight across the Pacific, Pan Am
Apr 29 Saddam Hussein, Iraqi leader is born
Apr 30 General Douglas MacArthur marries Jean Faircloth.
May 01 FDR signs act of neutrality
May 01 Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75.
May 02 Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73
May 03 In this year, Margaret Mitchell claims Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With the Wind"
May 04 Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer.
May 06 Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst NJ (36 die, captured on film and radio live)
May 06 Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, NJ (36 die).
May 06 The Hindenberg airship catches fire and is destroyed while in the USA.
May 07 Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player.
May 08 In this year, 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral claims 2:03.2
May 09 Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6).
May 09 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43.
May 10 Busmen strike in London.
May 11 Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62
May 12 British King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey.
May 12 Coronation of Edward, former Duke of Windsor, as king of England.
May 12 George VI crowned King of England.
May 12 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain are crowned at Westminster Abbey.
May 17 Juan Negrin succeeds Largo Caballero as Spain's premier
May 19 John Murray/Allen Boretz' "Room Service," premieres in NYC
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