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Saturday, 21 February 2026
May 11 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise. 
May 12 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed by the U S Senate as a Supreme Court justice
May 12 Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78.
May 12 Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops).
May 12 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
May 13 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres.
May 13 The Beatles movie Let It Be premieres today
May 14 Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84.
May 14 Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State University, Mississippi).
May 14 Harry A Blackmun appointed to the Supreme Court
May 14 In the Eastern Caucasus two quakes measuring 5.5 and 6.5 occurred occurred a few miles west of Machackala, a city of about 165000 population and located on the Caspian Sea.
May 14 NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing.
May 14 Red Aarmy Faction -leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin
May 15 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be" is released in US
May 15 Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays named inaugural female US generals.
May 15 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
May 15 South-Africa excluded from Olympic play.
May 16 "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70.
May 17 Hank Aaron is recorded as becoming 9th player to get 3000 hits
May 17 Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61.
May 17 Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra.
May 20 100000 march in New York supporting US policies in Vietnam.
May 20 2 die in a NYC subway accident
May 20 The Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in UK
May 21 National Guard mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State University
May 21 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR.
May 21 Vinton Hayworth, actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63.
May 22 Arab terrorists kill 9 children and 3 adults on a school bus
May 22 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
May 22 Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76.
May 23 Grateful Dead's inaugural perfomance outside of the US (England).
May 23 Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68
May 23 USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
May 24 Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult
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