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Friday, 13 February 2026
Apr 30 US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from space. 
May 01 Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62.
May 02 David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38.
May 02 South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid
May 03 Pimen, [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79
May 04 Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger
May 04 Don Appell, dies.
May 04 Latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union
May 04 Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence.
May 04 Pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah
May 05 Paul Hogan and Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia.
May 06 Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89.
May 06 Former President PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party.
May 06 Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in South Carolina
May 07 Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60.
May 08 Tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies
May 09 Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66.
May 09 New York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur.
May 10 "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Square Theater NYC for 45 performances.
May 10 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph.
May 10 Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella
May 10 Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at 61.
May 12 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts).
May 12 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
May 12 Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting
May 13 Venedikt Jerofejev, Russian writer, dies.
May 14 Andre Ameller, composer, dies at 78.
May 14 Dow Jones average hits a record 2821.53
May 15 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million
May 15 Dow Jones average hits a record 2822.45.
May 15 Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe.
May 16 Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian.
May 16 Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer died on this day
May 16 Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: died on this day
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