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Sunday, 02 August 2026
Apr 21 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32000 m 
Apr 22 Maria Radulphus, [Adrian Hermus], Curacao school inspector, dies at 91.
Apr 22 Uprising of French parachutist of Gen Salan/Challe in Algeria.
Apr 23 "Tenderloin" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 216 performances.
Apr 24 General de Gaulle of France order a blockade of Algeria.
Apr 24 JFK accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs
Apr 24 Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72
Apr 24 Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 18 batters in a game this day, becoming the inaugural major-league pitcher to do so on two different occasions
Apr 24 The Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised
Apr 25 "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 27 perfs.
Apr 25 Hans F Blunck, writer, dies.
Apr 25 Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin.
Apr 25 Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit.
Apr 25 Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad.
Apr 26 French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria
Apr 26 Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36.
Apr 26 Roger Maris' inaugural of 61 homers that year.
Apr 27 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays.
Apr 27 Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67
Apr 27 Sierra Leone, in Africa, is recorded as becoming an independent republic.
Apr 27 UK grants Sierra Leone independence.
Apr 28 Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34714 m altitude.
Apr 29 ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts.
Apr 30 The inaugural Airline shuttle flights between Wash DC, Boston and NYC begin (Eastern).
May 01 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba.
May 01 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
May 01 Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain
May 01 The inaugural US airplane hijacked to Cuba.
May 02 J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies
May 03 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53.
May 04 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South.
May 04 Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66
May 04 Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather reach 34668 meters (record) in balloon
May 04 South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested
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