Page 7: Historical Events In May - 09
Sunday, 21 June 2026
1965 Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert 

1965 Luna 5 launched (USSR) inaugural attempt to soft land on Moon (fails). 

1965 Leopold Figl, premier Austria, dies at 62. 

1966 Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56. 

1967 The inaugural flight of the short haul Fokker F-28 Fellowship is made 

1967 Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies. 

1968 Finlay Currie, dies at 90 

1970 100000s demonstrate against Vietnam War 

1970 Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84. 

1971 23rd Emmy Awards All in the Family, Jack Klugman and Jean Stapleton. 

1971 Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3 01 42). 

1971 Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes 

1971 Largest walk in crowd (31626) in Baltimore Oriole history. 

1974 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment. 

1974 Lyubomir Pipkov, composer, dies at 69. 

1975 Philip Dorn, dies at 73 

1976 Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74. 

1977 Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed 

1977 Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Republic of Cameroon. 

1977 Patty Hearst let out of jail 

1977 James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55 

1978 Corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro are discovered 

1979 US and USSR sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons. 

1979 Cyrus S Eaton, Canada/US multi-millionaire, dies at 95. 

1980 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge 

1981 Kazimiroff Blvd in the Bronx named for a Bronx historian 

1981 C E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies 

1985 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69 

1986 Tenzing Norgay, one of the inaugural two people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, dies 

1986 Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60. 

1987 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw 

1987 Actor Tom Cruise (27) and actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry 

1987 Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78 

1988 Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth 

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