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Friday, 13 February 2026
Apr 27 US Justice Dept bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering US, due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II 
Apr 28 Ben Linder development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua.
Apr 28 Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua
Apr 30 Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies
Apr 30 NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game.
May 01 British Customs seizes Air Canada jet at Heathrow Airport after discovering a major hashish shipment from India; plane released after Air Canada pays substantial fine.
May 01 Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun.
May 03 Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies.
May 03 Miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday and Saturday with Gary Hart
May 04 Cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56
May 05 Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
May 05 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
May 06 Black South African workers go on strike over whites only election.
May 06 Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
May 06 Mario Andretti sets the one-lap speed record at Indianapolis 500 at 218.204 MPH
May 06 PTL's Jim Bakker and Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God
May 06 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
May 06 William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73
May 07 Colin Blakely, dies at 56
May 07 Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on Cheers.
May 08 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
May 08 Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
May 09 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw.
May 09 Actor Tom Cruise (27) and actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry.
May 09 Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78
May 11 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines.
May 11 inaugural heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore).
May 11 The inaugural heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
May 12 Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53.
May 13 In this year, Ajax claims 27th Europe Cup II
May 14 "Little Shop of Horrors" is released in Germany.
May 14 Colt revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for $242000.
May 14 Rita Hayworth, actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68
May 15 John Baur, museum director, dies at 78
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