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Tuesday, 23 June 2026
1978 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran 
1978 inaugural transatlantic balloon crossing in history finishes in Paris
1979 Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight
1979 Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack
1980 Saudi Arabian Lockheed Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die.
1981 2 VF-41 aircraft from USS Nimitz shoot down 2 Libyan aircraft which fired on them over international waters.
1981 Jessie Matthews, actress (Gangway, inaugural a Girl), dies at 74
1982 Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec.
1982 Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space
1983 LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting.
1984 In this year, Lee Trevino claims the PGA
1985 Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei
1986 Hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79.
1987 Hayden Rorke, Brooklyn, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Night Walker), dies
1988 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT).
1989 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected inaugural non-communmist president of Poland.
1990 Ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies at 80.
1991 A coup attempts to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union.
1991 Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev.
1992 Feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48.
1993 Jean King, actress (Night Hasa a Thousand Eyes), dies at 76.
1994 John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington, dies at 59.
1995 Danny Arnold, British TV producer, dies at 70.
1999 Panasonic anounces the inaugural Progressive Scan DVD player.
2008 Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician.
2012 32 people are killed after a plane crash in Talodi, Sudan
2013 24 Egyptian policemen are killed in an attack in Rafah.
2014 The 24 hour ceasefire extension renewal between Israel and Palestine is violated as Hamas fire rockets; Israeli Air Force respond, killing 9 Gazans.
2018 Novak Äoković beats Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Cincinnati Masters to become the inaugural player to win all 9 Masters 1000 tennis tournaments since the series started in 1990
2018 Monsoon rains finally ease in Kerala State, India, with flooding taking 350 lives with 200000 in relief camps.
2018 Two more earthquakes hit Lombok in Indonesia killing 14 two weeks after previous earthquakes
2018 In this year, Rudy Giuliani , US President Trump's lawyer claims in interview with NBC Chuck Todd that "truth isn't truth".
2018 Weinstein accuser Asia Argento is alleged to have sexually assaulted a 17-year old in article by "The New York Times".
2018 In this year, Limerick claims All Ireland Hurling Championship for inaugural time in 45 years with a 3-16 to 2-18 win over defending champions Galway at Croke Park, Dublin
