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Events on Friday 26 May 1939 2
1865 – 1939Charles Horace Mayo (1865-1939)Died 26 May 1939, aged 73Charles Mayo was an American surgeon and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic. He was known for his work on goitre and thyroid surgery. He died of pneumonia in Chicago.
1939Military Training ActBritain introduces peacetime conscriptionParliament passed Britain's first peacetime conscription law. It required men aged 20 and 21 to do six months of military training. It was replaced once war broke out.