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Wednesday, 12 August 2026
May 18 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya NM (state record) 
May 18 Atkinson and Depeiaza take West Indies from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs Australia.
May 18 Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights leader, dies at 79
May 18 Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam.
May 19 Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI v Australia
May 20 Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state.
May 21 "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 165 performances
May 22 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th
May 25 Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas and most of Blackwell Okla.
May 25 Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall KS and most of Blackwell OK
May 26 "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances
May 26 Conservatives win British parliamentary election.
May 26 Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade.
May 27 Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0.
May 27 Red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV.
May 28 In this year, 81st Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua claims in 1:54.6
May 29 Daniel G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78
May 29 Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda steps down
May 30 Said el-Mufti forms Jordan Government.
May 30 Tunisia begins domestic self governing
May 31 "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500
May 31 Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities
May 31 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike.
May 31 Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed".
Jun 01 F Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84.
Jun 02 The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948
Jun 03 KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Jun 04 Mickey Rooney Show," TV comedy last airs on NBC.
Jun 05 In this year, Louise Suggs claims LPGA Eastern Golf Open
Jun 06 Bill Haley and Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1
Jun 07 "$64000 Question" premieres on CBS TV
Jun 07 "The $64000 Question" premiers on CBS TV.
Jun 07 The inaugural President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower)
Jun 08 Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax
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