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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 06 Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin 
May 07 Mamas and Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1
May 08 Only homerun ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Frank Robinson)
May 09 Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56.
May 09 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China.
May 10 25ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
May 11 In this year, Real Madrid claims 11th Europe Cup I.
May 13 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
May 13 Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk, poet/editor in chief (illegal), dies.
May 13 Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
May 14 Georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88.
May 15 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die
May 16 Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released
May 16 National Welfare Rights Organization begins
May 16 Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home
May 16 Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
May 18 Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78.
May 19 Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies
May 21 "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen reentered the chart and hits #97
May 21 Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in London.
May 21 Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75
May 22 18th Emmy Awards Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore.
May 22 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore
May 22 In this year, Shirley Englehorn claims LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
May 22 Tom Goddard, cricketer (22 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1930-39), dies
May 23 Ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79.
May 23 The Beatles release "Paperback Writer"
May 24 "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances
May 25 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
May 26 Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47
May 26 Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK.
May 27 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes
May 27 6 French fighters crash above Spain.
May 28 "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34
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