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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 19 "Oliver," Cliff Robertson and Katharine Hepburn win 51st Acadamy Awards 
Apr 20 Ken Harrelson just about quit major-league baseball this day. Harrelson was being traded from the Boston Red Sox, an American League contender, to the Cleveland Indians, a perennial American League non-contender.
Apr 21 Record 1152 starters compete in Boston Marathon
Apr 22 Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zygiewicz in 1 36.
Apr 22 Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zygiewicz in 1:36.
Apr 23 Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37
Apr 23 Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy.
Apr 24 Paul McCartney says their is no truth to the rumours he is dead.
Apr 25 Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at 80
Apr 26 "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 110 performances
Apr 27 Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65
Apr 28 Charles de Gaulle steps down as president of France.
Apr 28 General de Gaulle steps down as President of France.
Apr 28 Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at 70.
Apr 29 "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 perfs.
Apr 30 Sir Paul Hasluck appointed Australian Governor-General
May 01 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC.
May 01 Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56.
May 01 Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting.
May 02 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York
May 02 Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89.
May 03 Imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42.
May 05 Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57
May 05 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)
May 07 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, is recorded as becoming deputy director of CIA
May 08 Cambodia recognizes German Democratic Republic.
May 10 Apollo 10 transmit inaugural color pictures of Earth from space.
May 10 Turtles play the White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times.
May 10 US troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill.
May 11 Monty Python comedy troupe forms
May 14 Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada
May 14 Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75.
May 14 Last Chevrolet Corsair built.
May 15 Associate Justice Abe Fortas steps down from Supreme Court
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