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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 27 Trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins 
Apr 28 Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66.
Apr 28 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2956 Yeomans and #3253 Gradie.
Apr 28 L G Taff discovers asteroid #3343 Nedzel
Apr 30 Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist, dies.
Apr 30 Fort McMurray Alberta, Alberta Alsands oil project collapses despite offers of aid from Ottawa and Alberta
May 01 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville TN opens.
May 01 Gene Sheldon, actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72
May 02 Argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives.
May 02 Falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men.
May 02 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
May 02 Helmut Dantine.
May 03 ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
May 03 Helmut Dantine, actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64.
May 03 New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget
May 03 President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts
May 04 British Destroyer HMS Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket catches fire and later flounders, many sailors die
May 05 Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 0.
May 05 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 0
May 06 Sam Baker, dies.
May 07 Alfred Adam, dies at 72.
May 07 In this year, IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1.
May 07 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
May 08 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
May 10 Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies.
May 11 Leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer.
May 12 Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66
May 12 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II.
May 12 In this year, FC Barcelona claims 22nd Europe Cup II.
May 12 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)
May 13 Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy.
May 13 Kara Abulfazogli Karayev, composer, dies at 64.
May 13 Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi and Lebedev for 211 days in space.
May 13 Terri Lea Utley, (20), from Arkansas, crowned 31st Miss USA
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