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Sunday, 15 February 2026
May 03 Martin Luther King Jr delivers his "I have a dream" speech. 
May 03 Over 1600 residents of Hay River and Fort Simpson airlifted to safety after towns struck by flooding; the townsites will be moved to higher ground
May 05 Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies.
May 06 Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74.
May 06 Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August).
May 07 Bruno Sammartino is recorded as becoming WWF champion.
May 07 SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6700 miles (10800 km))
May 08 "Dr No" premieres in US 007 reigns supreme for over 40 years
May 08 JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression.
May 08 Navy ships evacuate 2279 civilians from Haiti during crisis
May 09 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
May 10 Decca signs the Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison
May 11 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2
May 11 Natasha Richardson, American Actress is born
May 11 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL
May 12 Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show
May 12 Race riot in Birmingham AL.
May 12 Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69.
May 14 Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations.
May 15 In this year, Tottenham Hotspur claims 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
May 15 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched.
May 15 Peter, Paul and Mary win their inaugural Grammy (If I Had a Hammer).
May 16 Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury
May 17 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site.
May 18 "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1.
May 20 Sukarno appointed President of Indonesia
May 22 Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured.
May 22 In this year, A C Milan claims 8th Europe Cup 1 at London.
May 23 NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926000.
May 24 Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack.
May 24 The inaugural Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely
May 25 "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 43 performances
May 25 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
May 25 Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania and Zambia.
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