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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
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.
May 19 Sanne Sannes, Dutch photographer
May 23 John D Rockefeller dies in Ormond Beach, Florida
May 23 John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla.
May 25 1st airmail letter to circle globe returns to NY
May 25 Henry O Tanner, artist, dies
May 25 inaugural airmail letter to circle the globe returns to New York.
May 26 Dutch Rail NV at law forms
May 26 San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens
May 26 Yehuda Yannay, composer
May 27 Golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, dedicated.
May 27 In this year, Carl Hubbell claims his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936).
May 28 Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67.
May 28 Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransisco opens to vehicular traffic
May 28 Golden Gate Bridge in SF opens to vehicular traffic.
May 28 Neville Chamberlain is recorded as becoming PM of England
May 28 San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge opens to vehicular traffic
May 29 Alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper
May 30 20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall PA.
May 30 Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago, 10 die
May 31 1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University).
May 31 German battleships shell Almeria Spain
Jun 01 Morgan Freeman, American film actor ('Driving Miss Daisy') is born.
Jun 02 Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66.
Jun 03 Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson in France.
Jun 03 The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, marries Wallis Warfield Simpson.
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