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Wednesday, 11 February 2026
May 08 Dacron men's suits introduced 
May 08 Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
May 08 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
May 09 Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River
May 09 Marie Ault, dies at 80.
May 11 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory.
May 12 Oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80.
May 12 The inaugural H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll.
May 13 Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65.
May 14 Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC.
May 15 AT and T is inaugural US company to have one million stockholders
May 17 Karl Heinrich David, composer, dies at 66.
May 18 UN moves HQ to NYC.
May 18 US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea
May 19 In this year, 77th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold claims in 1:56.4
May 19 UN begins counter offensive in Korea
May 21 Chinese offensive in Korea collapses
May 21 The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition.
May 24 Racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal.
May 24 US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
May 24 Willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants.
May 25 New York Giant Willie Mays inaugural major league game (goes 0 for 5).
May 25 NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)
May 26 Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71
May 26 Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London
May 27 Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing
May 27 Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, San Fransisco opens.
May 27 Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies.
May 28 After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st major league home run.
May 28 Bernardus J Alfrink appointed bishop's assistant of Utrecht.
May 28 Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV.
May 29 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair
May 29 Dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66.
May 29 The inaugural North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair.
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