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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 04 Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77 
May 05 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
May 06 Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello ID
May 06 Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha NE.
May 06 Jozsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83
May 07 President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era".
May 07 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays
May 08 Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87.
May 09 Philip Dorn, dies at 73
May 11 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
May 12 The Cambodian Navy seizes the American merchant ship Mayaguez in international waters.
May 13 Bob Wills, actor (Lone Prairie), dies at 69
May 13 Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville TN
May 13 Stanley Cup ; Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Islanders 4-3.
May 14 French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia.
May 14 In this year, Dynamo Kiev claims 15th Europe Cup II.
May 14 US forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship
May 14 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
May 15 Emmy 2nd Daytime Award and Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation.
May 16 India annexes Principality of Sikkim.
May 16 Japanese Junko Tabei became inaugural woman to reach Mount Everest's summit.
May 16 Michael X, (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder
May 16 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
May 16 Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK
May 17 "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79.
May 17 In this year, 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love".
May 17 Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches
May 17 NBC paid $5 million for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time
May 18 Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66
May 19 27th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh
May 19 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh.
May 19 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona India.
May 19 Junko Tabei is inaugural woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
May 20 Barbara Hepworth, sculptor, dies.
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