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Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Apr 27 "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France) 
Apr 27 "Today" show goes abroard the inaugural time (Paris France)
Apr 27 Gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies.
Apr 27 Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies.
Apr 28 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
Apr 30 Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81.
May 01 Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title.
May 01 Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies
May 01 Streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses
May 01 West Germany introduces 5 day work week.
May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB).
May 04 The inaugural Grammy Awards Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win.
May 04 The inaugural Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win
May 06 Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships.
May 08 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship; 200 drown just yards from shore
May 08 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
May 11 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes and Connie Stevens hits #4
May 11 Elvis Presley's inaugural entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel".
May 11 Rodgers and Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in NYC
May 12 Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher).
May 14 Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
May 15 Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56
May 16 Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69
May 19 Jan de Quay is recorded as becoming premier of Netherlands.
May 20 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60.
May 20 In this year, Ford claims battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon".
May 20 Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship.
May 20 Shah of Persia visits Netherlands.
May 21 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens
May 22 Benjamin O Davis Jr is recorded as becoming inaugural black general-major in USAF.
May 24 Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England
May 24 John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71.
May 24 The inaugural house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA).
May 25 Khrushchev visits Angola.
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