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Tuesday, 23 June 2026
1929 Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st 
1929 Dan Blocker, Texas, American actor (Tiny-Cimarron City, Hoss-Bonanza)
1930 Clayton K Yeutter, Nebraska, US trade rep/Republican Natl chairman.
1931 Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
1931 Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69
1932 Thailand receives its inaugural constitution.
1932 King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution
1934 Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp.
1935 A's sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150000
1935 John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78
1936 In this year, England formally adopts in place of King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.
1936 King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson.
1936 Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel 1934), dies at 69
1938 26th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7.
1938 Mario Pilati, composer, dies at 35
1939 Green Bay Packers win NFL championship, beat NY Giants 27-0.
1939 Wilhelm Grosz, composer, dies at 45.
1940 British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani)
1941 HMS PRINCE OF WALES sunk off Kuantan, Malaya in the South China Sea as many as 5 or 6 torpedoes from Japanese Navy land-based aircraft (Nells and Bettys).Of the crew of 1612 327 were lost
1941 HMS REPULSE sunk with HMS PRince of Wales but hit by 5 torpedoes. Destroyers rescued 1285 officers and men
1941 British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore.
1942 Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people".
1943 British 8th Army occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy
1944 9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis
1945 Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts.
1946 Damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys and Dolls), dies at 66
1947 USSR and Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement
1948 In this year, UN General Assembly formally adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1950 Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
1952 Yitchak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel.
1952 Izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
1953 "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial NYC for 229 perfs
1954 Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize.
1958 inaugural domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people.
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