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Monday, 23 February 2026
May 25 Supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional 
May 26 Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78
May 28 Bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies.
May 28 Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts
May 28 Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 miles (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became inaugural animals retrieved from a space mission
May 29 Charles de Gaulle forms French Government.
May 29 Charles de Gaulle forms French govt
May 30 Iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality.
May 30 President Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua.
May 30 Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85
May 30 World's inaugural hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England
Jun 01 Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day).
Jun 02 Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF.
Jun 03 1st US Air Force Academy graduation
Jun 03 Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73.
Jun 04 Charles Vidor, director (Gilda, Farewell to Arms), dies at 58.
Jun 07 In this year, Betsy Rawls claims LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament.
Jun 08 1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla).
Jun 08 X-15 makes inaugural unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11500 m
Jun 09 The inaugural ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)
Jun 11 Hovercraft demonstrated for the inaugural time
Jun 11 Postmaster General bans D.H. Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover.
Jun 16 George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45
Jun 17 Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68.
Jun 18 1st telecast transmitted from England to US.
Jun 18 Ethel Barrymore, [Blythe], actress (None but the lonely), dies at 79.
Jun 18 The inaugural telecast transmitted from England to US.
Jun 19 Senate rejects Ike's appointment of Lewis Strauss for Sec of Comm
Jun 20 Escuminac New Brunswick a severe storm in Northumberland Strait sinks 22 boats, drowns 35 fishermen.
Jun 20 Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71
Jun 22 "Along Came Jones" by Coasters peaks at #9
Jun 22 Vanguard SLV-6 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
Jun 23 Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany (where he resumed a scientific career).
Jun 23 Jean Gallon, composer, dies at 80
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