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Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Apr 29 Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer, dies at 75. 
Apr 30 Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78.
May 02 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
May 02 US Methodist church disallows race separation
May 03 A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13000')
May 04 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam.
May 04 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.
May 05 Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88
May 05 The inaugural runner to break the four-minute mile within the United States was Jim Bailey and he was clocked at a speedy 3 58.6 in Los Angeles, CA
May 05 The inaugural runner to break the four-minute mile within the United States was Jim Bailey and he was clocked at a speedy 3:58.6 in Los Angeles, CA
May 05 World championships of judo are inaugural held, in Tokyo
May 06 Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header.
May 07 Battle at Oran, Algeria, results in the deaths of 300.
May 07 Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
May 10 French Government sends 50000 reservists to Algeria.
May 11 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
May 11 Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79.
May 12 East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves
May 12 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87
May 13 Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russ author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54
May 14 2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya.
May 15 In Orleans Ontario, a Royal Canadian Air Force plane crashes into the Grey Nuns' Home for the Aged in Orleans, killing 15 people, including 11 nuns.
May 16 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China
May 16 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia.
May 18 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rákosi enforces his own policy.
May 18 Maurice Tate, cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies
May 18 Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam
May 19 In this year, 82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius claims in 1:58.4.
May 20 Andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies
May 20 Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll
May 20 Jordan government of Samir steps down
May 21 Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms.
May 21 US explodes inaugural airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll
May 22 "Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV.
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