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Tuesday, 16 June 2026
May 16 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US 
May 17 The inaugural atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA.
May 18 Eileen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turns (for > 30 years).
May 19 Alan Freed and eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola
May 19 Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed
May 19 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 33222mph.
May 22 Chile a 9.5 quake was one of the 10 Largest Earthquakes in the World
May 22 Virtually all coastal towns between 37th and 44th parallels severely damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo HI at 01 04 AM.
May 23 "Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24
May 23 Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies.
May 23 Israel announced capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
May 24 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed.
May 25 George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR
May 26 The Soviets are accused by UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge of concealing a microphone inside a wood carving of the Great Seal of the United States that was presented to the U S embassy in Moscow.
May 27 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65
May 27 Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey
May 28 "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 95 performances.
May 29 Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1.
May 30 Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70
May 31 Willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78.
Jun 01 Lester Patrick NHL coach/star, dies at 76.
Jun 02 Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners and Actors Equity).
Jun 03 Seven helicopters of HS-4 from Yorktown rescued 53 merchant seamen from the British freighter Shun Lee which was breaking up on Pratas Reef, 500 miles northwest of Manila.
Jun 03 Test launchings of Bullpup air-to-surface missiles from a Marine Corps HUS-1 helicopter were successfully completed at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River
Jun 04 Lucien Littlefield, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at 64.
Jun 06 In this year, Roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely".
Jun 08 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"
Jun 08 inaugural date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House".
Jun 09 René Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies.
Jun 11 House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)
Jun 14 Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romanian Foreign Minister (1945-52), dies at 67.
Jun 15 Argentina complains to UN about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichman
Jun 17 Pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70.
Jun 18 "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 perfs
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