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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 22 Congress orders all US coins bear motto "In God We Trust". 
Apr 23 "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances.
Apr 23 Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-inaugural-Member of parliament, dies at 76
Apr 24 " X-Minus One", a show for science fiction fans, was inaugural heard on NBC radio this day
Apr 24 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79
Apr 24 Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends.
Apr 25 Canadian Pacific inaugurates its new stainless steel, scenic-domed transcontinental passenger train "The Canadian" between Montreal/Toronto and Vancouver.
Apr 25 Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at 77
Apr 28 Lode Cantens, Flemish playwrite (Gnomes of the City), dies at 43
Apr 28 WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Apr 29 G Gronchi elected president of Italy
Apr 30 Element 101, Mendelevium, announced.
Apr 30 Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks.
May 02 India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable
May 02 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)
May 02 Tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66
May 03 Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies.
May 04 Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73
May 05 "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances
May 05 Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce
May 05 The musical, " Damn Yankees", opened in New York City for a successful run of 1019 performances
May 05 US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site.
May 05 West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers
May 06 West Germany joins NATO.
May 07 USSR signs peace treaty with France and Great-Britain.
May 07 West Europe Union established
May 09 German Federal Republic joins NATO
May 11 G L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies.
May 11 Israel attacks Gaza
May 14 A causeway is completed across the Strait of Canso between Cape Porcupine and Balache Point, Nova Scotia. This involved a 14 mile main line diversion for the rerouting of railway traffic linking directly Cape Breton Island with the mainland. Previous movements were by car ferry across the Strait of Canso
May 14 Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44.
May 14 The Warsaw Pact signed by Eastern bloc countries
May 14 US performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean.
May 14 Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania
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