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Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Apr 15 Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created. 
Apr 16 Babe Ruth, baseball legend, dies.
Apr 16 Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris.
Apr 17 Johan P earl of Limburg Stirum, diplomat, dies at 75
Apr 18 International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands.
Apr 18 Lockhead Hudson aircraft crashes at Lae, Papua New Guniea, claiming 37 lives
Apr 19 In this year, Gerard Cote claims his 4th Boston Marathon.
Apr 20 NYC hikes subway fare from 5 cents to 10 cents
Apr 20 Walter P Reuther UAW pres shot and wounded at his home in Detroit
Apr 21 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US.
Apr 21 Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66.
Apr 22 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Apr 23 KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast.
Apr 24 Joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84.
Apr 26 The XP-86 prototype for the Sabre Jet inaugural "officially" breaks the sound barrier. The inaugural operational F-86A Sabres entered service in May of the same year.
Apr 27 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River.
Apr 29 Bradman scores 107 Aust v Worcs, 152 mins, 15 fours.
Apr 30 Org of American States charter signed at Bogot , Colombia.
May 01 Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered
May 01 Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham AL for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes".
May 01 North Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea
May 03 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener and Tennessee Williams
May 04 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death.
May 05 1st air squadron of jets aboard a carrier.
May 05 Belgian Government of Spaak steps down.
May 05 The inaugural air squadron of jets aboard a carrier
May 06 "Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances.
May 06 43 communist rebels, executed in Athens.
May 08 Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81
May 08 Bradman scores 146 Aust v Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours.
May 08 Bradman scores 146 Australia vs Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours
May 10 The inaugural attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
May 10 Winston Churchill visits The Hague.
May 11 Haganah takes control of Safed and port of Haifa
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