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Thursday, 05 February 2026
May 11 217th and final episode of "Dynasty" is aired 
May 11 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
May 11 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds.
May 11 President Bush orders nearly 2000 troops to Panama.
May 12 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2000th TV performance
May 12 Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
May 12 Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists
May 13 Approximately 2000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
May 13 Thousands of students stage a hunger strike in China's Tiananmen Square
May 14 "Moonlighting", TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC
May 14 Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square continue
May 14 Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs
May 14 Matt Gilliam was born!.
May 15 John Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80.
May 15 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers.
May 15 Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for inaugural Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years
May 16 Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered.
May 16 Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing, ending a 30-year rift between the two Communist powers
May 17 In this year, Napoli claims 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart
May 17 Longest Cab Ride Ever 14000 miles cost $16000!.
May 17 Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14000 miles cost $16000!.
May 17 Nelson Mandela receives a BA degree from University of South Africa
May 17 Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825 million
May 18 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl.
May 19 Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies
May 19 Dow Jones average passes 2500 mark for inaugural time, closes at 2501.1
May 19 Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
May 20 Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70
May 20 China declares martial law in Beijing
May 20 Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live
May 20 Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27000' Mount Everest top
May 23 3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone
May 23 3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone
May 23 An estimated one million people in Beijing (and tens of thousands in other Chinee cities) march to demand the resignation of Premier Li Peng.
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