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Monday, 08 June 2026
May 19 Dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam 
May 20 Cher, American actress is born
May 20 Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances.
May 22 Yankees turn triple-play and defeat Tigers' 5-3
May 24 Transjordan (now known as Jordan) is recorded as becoming a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch.
May 25 Abdullah ibn Hussein is recorded as becoming king of Jordan
May 25 Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day).
May 25 Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78.
May 26 2-for-42 and hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott formally ends playing baseball
May 26 Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies
May 26 Klement Gottwald is recorded as becoming premier of Czechoslovakia
May 26 Patent filed in US for H-Bomb
May 28 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)
May 29 In this year, KVP claims Provincial National election in Netherlands
May 30 United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die.
Jun 01 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed.
Jun 02 Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)
Jun 03 1st bikini bathing suit displayed (Paris).
Jun 03 Michail I Kalinin, Pres (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60
Jun 04 Largest solar prominence (300000 mi/500000 km) observed
Jun 05 Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge results in the deaths of 61 (Chicago Ill).
Jun 06 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season.
Jun 06 Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83
Jun 06 Henry Morgan is inaugural to take off shirt on TV.
Jun 07 Bill Kreutzmann Jr, Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead).
Jun 07 Pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants
Jun 08 "Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances
Jun 09 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire. (Dubuque Iowa).
Jun 09 Rama VIII, king of Siam (1935-46), dies at 21
Jun 10 Ananda Mahidol, king of Siam, shot dead at 20
Jun 10 Italian Republic established
Jun 12 Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies.
Jun 13 1st transcontinental round-trip flight in 1-day, California-Maryland.
Jun 13 Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71
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