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Friday, 23 January 2026
May 05 Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim 
May 06 In this year, 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive claims in 2:04.2.
May 07 German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia
May 07 HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed
May 08 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death
May 08 The inaugural eye bank is established in New York City.
May 08 U-575 sinks Asphodel
May 09 1st eye bank opens in New York.
May 09 Country singer Jimmie Davis is recorded as becoming Governor of Louisiana.
May 09 Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested
May 09 Ethel Mary Smyth, composer, dies at 86
May 09 Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol
May 09 The inaugural eye bank opens (NYC).
May 10 Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan
May 10 Smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal.
May 11 Allied forces launch a major offensive in central Italy
May 11 Henk Hos, resistance fighter, executed at 37
May 11 Opposition group surprise attack post office washer.
May 11 Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison
May 12 Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80.
May 12 Krim purged of Nazi troops
May 12 Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat
May 13 Hitler gives permission for German forces to withdraw from the USSR.
May 13 In this year, 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive claims in 1:59.2
May 14 91 German bombers harass Bristol
May 14 British troops occupy Kohima.
May 14 George Lucas, Creator of the Star Wars films is born.
May 15 14000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz
May 15 Deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begins
May 15 Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill and George VI discuss D-Day plan.
May 15 Sergei Aleksi is recorded as becoming guardian of Patriarch Throne.
May 16 1st of 180000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz
May 16 George Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78
May 16 Military police attack gypsies
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