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Friday, 13 February 2026
Apr 14 Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup 
Apr 14 Walter P Reuther, Pres (United Auto Workers), shot at his home
Apr 15 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated
Apr 15 inaugural Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated.
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 07 Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death
May 08 Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81
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