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Thursday, 19 March 2026
May 16 Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies. 
May 16 The inaugural transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma.
May 17 Dutch SS vows loyalty to Hitler.
May 18 NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II.
May 19 Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3000 hits (Anson and Wagner).
May 19 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69.
May 20 US Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve.
May 20 US Navy inaugural permitted black recruits to serve.
May 21 Great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia.
May 22 Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany and Japan.
May 23 Kanga Force moved to Wau, Papua New Guinea
May 26 Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London
May 26 Belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star
May 26 Tank battle at Bir Hakeim African corps vs British army.
May 26 Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army.
May 27 Dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor
May 27 Hitler orders 10000 Czechoslovakians murdered
May 27 Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim
May 27 Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot and mortally wounded in Prague.
May 28 1800 Czechoslovakians murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich.
May 28 1800 Czechs murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich.
May 29 Actor John Barrymore dies in Hollywood at age 60.
May 29 Bing Crosby records "White Christmas" greatest selling record to date.
May 29 Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date
May 29 HMAS Perth damaged during Crete evacuation.
May 29 John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60
May 30 1047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WWII
May 30 US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor
May 31 Japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour
May 31 Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury.
May 31 Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia and Moravia, assassinated.
Jun 01 Ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53.
Jun 01 Treblinka opens
Jun 02 Barry Levinson, American film director is born
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