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Tuesday, 23 June 2026
1987 West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square leads to quite a stir in the Kremlin!! Some say the beginning of th eend of the R. 
1987 Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks), dies at 94
1988 Ella Raines, actress (Uncle Harry, Runaround, Impact), dies at 66
1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house.
1989 Zinka Milanov, Met Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83.
1990 Dow Jones average hits a record 2878.56.
1990 Earthquake (6.4) hits Peru, killing 135.
1991 In this year, 64th National Spelling Bee Joanne Lagatta claims spelling antipyretic
1991 Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable
1991 Manolo Gomez Bur, Spanish comedian dies at 74.
1992 New York Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48).
1992 Paul Simon weds Edie Brickell.
1992 UN votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting
1992 Daniel Addes, actor (Victor-Sunst Grill), dies at 59.
1993 Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, US jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79.
1994 Baron Marcel Bich, inventor (Bic Pen), dies at 79
1995 Bobby Stokes, soccer star, dies at 44
1996 In this year, 69th National Spelling Bee Wendy Guey claims spelling vivisepulture
1996 John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight".
1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson
1997 Ken Dryden is recorded as becoming president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs may311889 The Johnstown Flood results in the deaths of 2000 to 5000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30000.
1998 A powerful earthquake rocks northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5000 people
2012 A number of nations including Germany, Turkey and Canada, expel Syrian diplomats following the Houla massacre
2014 Seth MacFarlane 's "A Million Ways to Die in the West" is released to theatres, MacFarlane's inaugural live-action role on the big screen
2017 Car bomb outside ice cream shop in Baghdad results in the deaths of 17, Islamic State claim responsibility
2017 Bomb outside government pension office in Baghdad results in the deaths of 14, injures 34, Islamic State claim respnsibility
2017 Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John reveals her breast cancer has returned after 25 years.
2017 South Korean President Moon Jae-in orders a probe into additional launchers for the U.S. THAAD anti-missile system.
2017 Large suicide bomb in the diplomatic quarter of Kabul, Afghanistan results in the deaths of more than 150 and injures 400
2019 Singer R. Kelly charged with 11 new counts of sexual assault and abuse in Chicago.
2019 The 2019 Cricket World Cup is held in England and Wales, and is won by England.
2019 South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reports that North Korea executed nuclear envoy Kim Hyok-chol and four other diplomats in March after the failed February Hanoi summit with the United States. The newspaper also reports that Kim Yong-chol, a top aide to Kim Jong-un, was sentenced to hard labor during the purge.
2020 The inaugural crewed flight of the SpaceX Dragon 2 (initially scheduled for May 27 but delayed due to weather) is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the inaugural manned spacecraft to take off from U.S. soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011
2021 Tens of thousands of people march in Brazilian cities against President Jair Bolsonaro and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic
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