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Wednesday, 24 June 2026
May 03 In Brockville, Ontario a Trust company is robbed of $3.3 million dollars in bonds and securities. 
May 04 Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen President of Colombia
May 04 Canadian comedians Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster make their inaugural of a record 67 appearances on TV's Ed Sullivan Show
May 05 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family).
May 07 Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
May 08 Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered.
May 08 President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock.
May 08 Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru
May 09 Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns and Allen), dies at 47.
May 09 Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship.
May 12 "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo and The Dont's hits #40.
May 13 French settlers riot against French army in Algeria.
May 13 Jordan and Iraq form the Arab Federation.
May 13 Pierre Pflimlin forms French Government
May 13 Rioters attack US Vice President Nixon in Venezuala
May 15 Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91.
May 15 Sputnik III satelite launched by the U S S R.
May 15 USSR launches Sputnik III
May 16 Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico.
May 16 Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49.
May 16 Walter Irwin flies 2259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter.
May 17 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria
May 19 "South Pacific" soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks
May 19 Bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65
May 19 Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party" in London
May 19 US and Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
May 20 US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).
May 21 Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island
May 21 US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
May 23 In this year, Mao Tse Tung starts "Great leap forward" movement in China
May 24 President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion
May 24 United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
May 24 UP and International News Service merge into United Press International.
May 25 Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies.
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