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Tuesday, 16 June 2026
May 05 The inaugural runner to break the four-minute mile within the United States was Jim Bailey and he was clocked at a speedy 3 58.6 in Los Angeles, CA 
May 05 World championships of judo are inaugural held, in Tokyo
May 06 Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header.
May 10 French Government sends 50000 reservists to Algeria
May 11 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
May 11 Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
May 12 East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves.
May 12 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87.
May 13 Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russ author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54.
May 14 2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya.
May 15 In Orleans Ontario, a Royal Canadian Air Force plane crashes into the Grey Nuns' Home for the Aged in Orleans, killing 15 people, including 11 nuns
May 16 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China
May 16 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia.
May 18 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rákosi enforces his own policy
May 18 Maurice Tate, cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies
May 18 Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam.
May 19 In this year, 82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius claims in 1:58.4
May 20 Andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies.
May 20 Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll.
May 20 Jordan government of Samir steps down.
May 21 Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms.
May 21 US explodes inaugural airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll
May 22 "Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV.
May 23 Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers
May 23 World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, San Fransisco.
May 24 2500th anniversary of the death of Buddha celebrated in India
May 24 Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74
May 25 In this year, Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas.
May 26 Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103
May 26 Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103.
May 26 Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54.
May 27 French raid in Algiers.
May 28 Dale Long is recorded as becoming 1st to hit HRs in 8 straight games
May 28 Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus.
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