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Tuesday, 26 May 2026
May 02 Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies. 
May 03 Diana Wynyard, dies at 58
May 04 "Another World" and "As the World Turns" premiere on TV
May 04 70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva.
May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Richard Hofstadter (Anti-intellectualism).
May 06 Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74.
May 09 Khrushchev visits Egypt
May 09 Peter and Gordon release "World Without Love".
May 10 Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35.
May 12 Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO.
May 13 Organization and deployment of world's inaugural all nuclear-powered task group, USS Enterprise, USS Long Beach, and USS Bainbridge, to Sixth Fleet
May 14 Underground America Day is inaugural observed.
May 15 Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61.
May 15 In this year, Sporting Portugal claims 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp
May 16 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion
May 17 Otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82.
May 18 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on the BBC
May 18 Forty 40 hidden microphones are discovered in the U S embassy in Moscow
May 18 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
May 19 US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy.
May 20 Buster Mathis defeats Joe Frazier to qualify for US Olympic team
May 21 The inaugural nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay).
May 21 The initiation of the standing carrier presence at Yankee Station in the South China Sea.
May 21 US begin intelligence flights above Laos
May 22 LBJ presents "Great Society".
May 23 Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3 27 45)
May 24 18th Tony Awards Luther and Hello Dolly win
May 24 Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan
May 24 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, results in the deaths of 300
May 25 16th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore.
May 25 Ground is broken for a new stadium in St Louis.
May 25 Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut
May 25 Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92.
May 27 "From Russia With Love" premieres in US.
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