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Thursday, 12 February 2026
Apr 23 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5) 
Apr 23 Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup
Apr 23 The inaugural major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
Apr 24 "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances
Apr 25 Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan)
Apr 26 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run.
Apr 27 "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 245 performances.
Apr 27 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70.
Apr 27 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races
Apr 28 Bhumibol Adulyadej marries Queen Sirikit after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949.
Apr 30 In this year, Construction starts on $95 million Interprovincial Pipeline to carry oil from Alberta to the Ontario Lakehead.
May 01 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade
May 01 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China.
May 01 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific).
May 02 Carlo Terrons "Giuditta," premieres in Milan
May 02 Dutch inaugural Chamber accept Laws on immigration
May 02 Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China People's Republic.
May 05 Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand.
May 06 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 perfs.
May 06 Agnes Smedley, writer, dies.
May 06 Liz Taylor's inaugural marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr).
May 08 American General MacArthur is recorded as becoming comander of the UN forces in Korea
May 08 Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
May 08 Franklin Dyall, dies at 76
May 09 French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS.
May 09 French Foreign minister Robert Schuman announces the Schuman Plan for European integration
May 09 Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville.
May 10 John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies
May 10 The inaugural Netherlands-US telex sent.
May 11 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die.
May 13 Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
May 13 Diner's Club issues its inaugural credit cards.
May 13 Stevie Wonder, American singer is born.
May 17 Eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67.
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