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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 25 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (NYC) 
Apr 25 Bell labs announces inaugural solar battery (NYC)
Apr 25 Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies
Apr 26 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva
Apr 26 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins.
Apr 29 Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82
May 01 HSA-UWC Established (Unification Church) (The Moonies)
May 01 Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50
May 02 Pauline de Cock-Manifarges, singer, dies at 82.
May 03 Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh and John Patrick
May 04 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
May 05 Military coup by General Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay
May 06 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3 59 4)
May 06 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)
May 07 French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu.
May 07 US, Great-Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO.
May 10 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris France.
May 10 George Hirst, cricketer (36323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies
May 13 "Pajama Game" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1063 performances.
May 13 In this year, Labour Party claims British municipal elections
May 13 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
May 14 Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months.
May 16 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61
May 17 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision.
May 18 European Convention on Human Rights comes into force
May 19 Aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73.
May 19 Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project.
May 20 Chiang Kai-shek is recorded as becoming president of Nationalist China
May 21 Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated
May 21 Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68
May 22 In this year, 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road claims in 1:57.4.
May 22 Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed
May 23 H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies
May 24 Dr Peter Murray Marshall is recorded as becoming inaugural black to head an AMA unit
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