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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 08 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island. 
May 09 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
May 10 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly Air Force Base
May 10 In the New Britian Region a7.3 quake resulted in one person killed. Damage in the Bialla-Hoskins area. Extensive landslides, debris flows and fallen trees in the Nakanai Mountains.
May 11 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
May 11 Booby trap bomb results in the deaths of 86 people in India.
May 11 Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84
May 11 Madonna's "Crazy For You" single goes #1
May 11 Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands.
May 12 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as inaugural woman Conservative rabbi.
May 12 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies
May 13 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA.
May 13 Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91
May 13 Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move", results in the deaths of 11.
May 14 Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed.
May 14 Northwest of Madagascar a6.4 quake was felt at Mtwara and Newala, Tanzania and in the Mocimbao da Praia area, Mozambique. Believed to be the largest instrumentally located hypocenter in this area.
May 15 Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38.
May 16 Actress Margaret Hamilton, who portrayed the Wicked witch of the West in the MGM film The Wizard of Oz, dies of a heart attack at age 82.
May 16 In this year, Sinn Fein claims its inaugural seats in the Northern Ireland local elections
May 16 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82.
May 16 Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year.
May 16 Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium
May 17 Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas
May 17 Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska
May 18 "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
May 18 Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82.
May 18 The inaugural remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa).
May 20 Dow Jones industrial average closes above 1300 for inaugural time.
May 20 FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for USSR.
May 20 George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46.
May 20 Israel exchanges 1150 Lebanese/Palestinian prisoners for 3 Israeli soldiers
May 20 Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
May 20 US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti
May 22 In this year, Real Madrid claims 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid.
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