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Wednesday, 24 June 2026
May 28 Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement 
May 29 May Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82
May 31 Jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80.
Jun 01 Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues player, dies at 34
Jun 03 "Sleepy Hallow" opens at St James Theater NYC for 12 performances.
Jun 03 Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore.
Jun 03 The 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory.
Jun 05 Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecut hitting streak at 23.
Jun 07 Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Pres Bernes steps down.
Jun 07 Georges Adolphe Hue, composer, dies at 90.
Jun 08 "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC TV.
Jun 08 "The Milton Berle Show" premiers on NBC TV.
Jun 08 Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69.
Jun 08 John Rudder is recorded as becoming inaugural negro commissioned officer in US marines
Jun 10 Test pilot Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell XS-1
Jun 13 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th
Jun 14 Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer, dies at 79
Jun 14 Klemens Gottwald is recorded as becoming president of Czechoslovakia
Jun 16 Start of Malayan Emergency.
Jun 17 Joe Cronin pinch hit HRs in both ends of a doubleheader.
Jun 18 In this year, American Library Association formally adopts Library Bill of Rights
Jun 18 In this year, American Library Association formally adopts the Library Bill of Rights
Jun 18 In this year, UN Commission on Human Rights formally adopts Intl Decl of Human Rights.
Jun 18 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for inaugural time
Jun 19 Panama and Costa Rica recognize Israel.
Jun 20 "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV.
Jun 20 George Frederick Boyle, composer, dies at 61.
Jun 21 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I
Jun 21 Dr Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates "long playing record" Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's.
Jun 21 inaugural stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I
Jun 24 Berlin, Germany was completely isolated from the outside world. Joseph Stalin, premier of Soviet Russia, who had already cut rail and road access to the city three months earlier, now blocked all ground and water access and cut electricity to the Western sector. Within a few days, the great Berlin Airlift began. U.S. planes dropped up to 13000 tons of goods per day for the next 10 months
Jun 24 Republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey
Jun 25 Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
Jun 25 Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 to reatain championship
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