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Monday, 09 February 2026
Apr 11 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala 
Apr 12 Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
Apr 13 Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours.
Apr 18 "Real People" premieres on NBC TV
Apr 19 FCC raids and shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY).
Apr 19 J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666
Apr 20 Johnny Carson was said to be leaving "The Tonight Show". Newspapers around the country gave details about why the comedian and late-night host was said to be unhappy after 17 years on the show
Apr 20 Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60
Apr 22 Mick Jaggar and Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada.
Apr 24 John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72.
Apr 25 "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premiers
Apr 25 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2656 Evenkia and #3653.
Apr 27 In this year, George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone".
Apr 28 Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86
Apr 29 Julia A Perry, US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55
May 01 Berkeley Bertram McGarrell Gaskin, cricketer (2 Tests for WI), dies
May 01 Elton John is recorded as becoming inaugural pop star to perform in Israel
May 01 Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).
May 01 Marshall Islands (in the Pacific) become self-governing
May 02 14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell win.
May 02 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell win.
May 03 Erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76
May 03 Margaret Thatcher is recorded as becoming Britain's inaugural female prime minister
May 03 The Yukon River submerges Dawson under more than two metres of water; downtown declared a disaster area.
May 04 NASA launches Fltsatcom-2
May 04 The inaugural woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) is elected.
May 05 Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting.
May 05 Shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at 68
May 05 Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
May 06 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 81.8 kph over 200 meters
May 06 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.
May 08 In this year, Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3.
May 08 Talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76.
May 09 Cyrus S Eaton, Canada/US multi-millionaire, dies at 95
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