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Tuesday, 10 February 2026
May 08 H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 and 5 in only Test for Engld), dies 
May 09 Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert
May 09 Leopold Figl, premier Austria, dies at 62.
May 09 Luna 5 launched (USSR) inaugural attempt to soft land on Moon (fails).
May 10 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch min of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70
May 11 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
May 11 Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans, Flemish playwright, dies at 86.
May 11 The inaugural of 2 cyclones in less than a month results in the deaths of 35000 (India)
May 11 U.S. destroyers deliver inaugural shore bombardment of Vietnam War.
May 11 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.
May 11 West Indies is recorded as becoming inaugural holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy.
May 12 Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations.
May 12 Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57.
May 13 Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"
May 13 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
May 14 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes.
May 14 Frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83
May 14 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
May 15 Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies
May 16 Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam
May 16 Spaghetti-O's inaugural sold
May 18 Eduard J Dijksterhuis, mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72
May 18 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for the Star Trek Captain.
May 19 30th Naval Construction Regiment activated at Danang, Vietnam
May 19 In this year, West Ham United claims 5th Europe Cup II
May 19 Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies.
May 19 Patricia R Harris named inaugural US black female ambassador (Luxembourg)
May 20 Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121
May 20 Yorkshire all out for 23 vs Hampshire at Middlesbrough
May 22 "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #66.
May 22 Beatles' "Ticket to Ride" single goes #1
May 22 Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77.
May 22 Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic in Omaha, to become NWA champion
May 22 Ticket to Ride by the Beatles goes to Number One on the pop charts.
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