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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
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.
May 11 Luigi Einaudi elected President of Italy.
May 12 Isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55
May 12 Queen Wilhelmina steps down
May 14 Israel declares independence from under British administration.
May 14 Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's inaugural broadcast
May 14 Jewish provisional government formed as British Mandate for Palestine ends
May 14 Jordan's Arab League captures Atarot, north of Jerusalem
May 14 PM David Ben-Gurion establishes State of Israel
May 14 US grants Israel de facto recognition
May 14 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
May 15 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends.
May 15 Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs Essex, world record
May 15 Bradman scores 187 Australia vs Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five.
May 15 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel.
May 16 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is are discovered in Greece.
May 16 Chaim Weizmann elected inaugural President of Israel
May 16 Egyptians enter the Gaza
May 16 Israel issues its inaugural postage stamps.
May 17 Israel liberates Acre, Nebi Yusha and Telel-Kadi.
May 17 Soviet Union recognized Israel
May 18 "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 62 performances.
May 18 Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus.
May 18 Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel.
May 20 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army.
May 20 The inaugural use of Israeli Air Force and inaugural war victory, defeating Syrian army.
May 21 NY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR).
May 22 Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57
May 23 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive homeruns.
May 23 Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel.
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