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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 05 Norwegian govt in exile forms in London 
May 06 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)
May 07 The Lodz ghetto is sealed. 165000 people in 1.6 square miles
May 07 Winston Churchill is recorded as becoming PM of Britain.
May 08 Peter Benchley, British Author is born
May 09 The RAF begins night bombing raids on targest in Germany
May 10 British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms.
May 10 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks.
May 10 Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege
May 10 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56
May 10 French marines stationed on Aruba
May 10 French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands
May 10 Massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins.
May 10 Nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
May 10 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM
May 11 In this year, 66th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech claims in 1:58.6
May 11 New York World's Fair reopens.
May 12 French mariners occupy St Maarten.
May 12 German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug
May 12 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River
May 13 British bomb factory at Breda.
May 13 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England
May 13 German breakthrough at Grebbelinie.
May 14 Admiral Furstner departs to England.
May 14 Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies.
May 14 German breakthrough at Sedan.
May 14 Lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production.
May 14 Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany.
May 14 Rotterdam, in Holland, captured by German forces during WW2.
May 15 German armour division moves into Northern France.
May 15 German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders.
May 15 Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75.
May 15 Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP).
May 15 Nylon stockings go on sale for inaugural time (US).
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