May 1926

Sunday 09:

Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of his diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).

Wednesday 12:

UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.

Tuesday 18:

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California, beach.

Tuesday 25:

Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic.

Friday 28:

Military dictatorship established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.