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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 05 Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer, dies at 74. 
May 06 Italian Government of Segni steps down.
May 06 Italian govt of Segni steps down
May 06 Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV.
May 06 Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage).
May 08 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75
May 09 Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, NY Met Opera), dies.
May 11 Gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia
May 12 Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71
May 15 18000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade.
May 15 The inaugural British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)
May 16 Major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1404.18 MPH.
May 16 US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT.
May 17 Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date (District of Columbia).
May 17 Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54.
May 19 Adone Zoli forms Italian Government.
May 19 Adone Zoli forms Italian govt
May 21 Edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies
May 21 French Government of Mollet steps down
May 22 KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
May 22 Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies.
May 22 South Africa Government approves race separation in universities.
May 24 Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan.
May 24 Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia.
May 25 "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances
May 27 Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) is recorded as becoming Canada's inaugural radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format.
May 28 NL approves Bkln Dodgers' and NY Giants' move to west coast.
May 28 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
May 29 Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators.
May 29 George Bacovia [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer (Plumb), dies at 75
May 29 Laos Government of prince Suvanna Phuma steps down
May 30 In this year, Real Madrid claims 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
May 30 Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies.
May 31 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
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