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Sunday, 31 May 2026
May 13 Aircraft from fast carrier task force begin 2-day attack on Kyushu airfields, Japan. 
May 13 US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa.
May 14 Kamikaze-Zero strikes US aircraft carrier Enterprise.
May 14 US offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered.
May 15 Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf
May 16 9th Division lands at Brunei.
May 16 Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa
May 17 2 US P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu.
May 17 Jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies
May 18 Tigers and A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain.
May 19 Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England and Aust Services.
May 19 Start of the inaugural Victory Test Cricket between England and Australia Services
May 20 Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's.
May 20 Keith Miller scores 105 in the inaugural Victory Test Cricket at Lord's.
May 21 Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets.
May 21 Australia Services win inaugural Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets.
May 21 German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured.
May 21 Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart wed
May 22 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa
May 22 Barin Road, Solomons, cleared
May 22 Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies
May 23 British military police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz
May 23 British milt police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz
May 23 German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British
May 23 Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44
May 23 Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary
May 23 Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide while imprisoned in Luneburgm Germany
May 23 Winston Churchill steps down as British PM
May 25 Arther C Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
May 25 Arthur C Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
May 25 Arthur C.Clark suggests using relay satellites to cover the Earth
May 26 US drop fire bombs on Tokyo
May 29 US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
May 29 US inaugural Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
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