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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 21 Albert Innaurato's "Gemini" premieres in NYC. 
May 21 Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, results in the deaths of 19.
May 22 Final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (94 years).
May 22 Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73
May 23 In this year, Benin formally adopts its constitution.
May 23 Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
May 23 Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell
May 24 USSR President Podgorny steps down
May 25 "Beatles Live! At the Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released.
May 25 In this year, Dutch social democratic party claims parliamentary election.
May 25 In this year, Liverpool claims 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome.
May 25 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
May 26 "Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway
May 26 George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center.
May 26 Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63.
May 26 Movie "Star Wars" debuts.
May 27 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am and KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582
May 28 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky
May 28 Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63
May 29 Goddard Lieberson, composer, dies at 66.
May 29 Janet Guthrie is recorded as becoming inaugural woman to drive in the Indianapolis 500
May 29 NBC News and Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio
May 29 Sue Press is inaugural woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one.
May 29 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.
May 30 Claire Goll, writer, dies at 86
May 31 "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances.
May 31 Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is recorded as becoming heir apparent to throne of Qatar.
May 31 Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed.
Jun 02 Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod and Me), dies at 77.
Jun 02 NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
Jun 04 Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago results in the deaths of 2.
Jun 05 "Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74
Jun 05 Coup in Seychelles.
Jun 05 The inaugural personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale.
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