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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 26 Joe Small, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 1928 series), dies. 
Apr 28 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
Apr 28 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
Apr 28 Vice Pres Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America
May 01 Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai.
May 01 Arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina
May 02 Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89
May 03 Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies.
May 03 In Brockville, Ontario a Trust company is robbed of $3.3 million dollars in bonds and securities.
May 04 Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen President of Colombia.
May 04 Canadian comedians Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster make their inaugural of a record 67 appearances on TV's Ed Sullivan Show.
May 05 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family)
May 05 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
May 07 Major Howard Johnson, USAF, sets aircraft altitude record in F-104 (Lockheed Starfighter), 27810 meters
May 07 Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
May 08 Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered.
May 08 President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock.
May 08 Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru
May 09 Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns and Allen), dies at 47.
May 09 Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship.
May 11 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
May 12 "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo and The Dont's hits #40
May 12 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
May 13 French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
May 13 Jordan and Iraq form the Arab Federation.
May 13 Pierre Pflimlin forms French Government.
May 13 Rioters attack US Vice President Nixon in Venezuala
May 15 Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91.
May 15 Sputnik III satelite launched by the U S S R.
May 15 USSR launches Sputnik III.
May 16 Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico
May 16 Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49.
May 16 Walter Irwin flies 2259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter.
May 17 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria.
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