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Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Apr 17 M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily) 
Apr 18 8.25 earthquake shakes SF Calif.
Apr 18 An earthquake, followed by fire, destroys most of San Francisco, killing 3000 people.
Apr 18 Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], Dutch poetess (Life with JC Bloem).
Apr 18 SF earthquake and fire results in the deaths of nearly 4000 and destroys 75% of the city
Apr 18 The Great San Francisco Earthquake occurred at 5 13 a.m
Apr 19 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45.
Apr 19 Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies.
Apr 20 Australian wombat dies in London Zoo at 26; oldest known marsupial.
Apr 20 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26
Apr 21 Commander Robert Peary discovered supposed Arctic Continent did not exist
Apr 21 Tom Burns, editor
Apr 22 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece.
Apr 22 Eric William Fenby, composer/president (Delius Society)
Apr 22 Olympic games held in Athens are not accepted by the IOC
Apr 23 Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise)
Apr 23 The Alberta Legislature sets the provincial speed limit at 10 mph in the city and 20 mph in the country. , Now it's 100 in the city and 200 in the country it seems.
Apr 25 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #599 Luisa
Apr 25 John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67.
Apr 25 Sally Salminen, writer.
Apr 26 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii
Apr 26 Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show)
Apr 26 The inaugural motion pictures shown in Hawaii
Apr 27 Mark Alexander Abrams, market researcher
Apr 28 Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way).
May 01 Phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0.
May 01 Troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest.
May 02 Aileen Riggin, Newport RI, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1920, 24)
May 02 In this year, 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon claims in 2:08.8.
May 03 British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey.
May 03 Mary Astor, Quincy IL, actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky)
May 03 The Sinai peninsula is recorded as becoming Egyptian territory
May 04 Esmond Knight, East Sheen England, actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder).
May 05 Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon).
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