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Tuesday, 16 December 2025
May 02 J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies on this day in history. 
May 03 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 in the year 1961.
May 04 On this day in history 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South
May 04 On this day in history anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66
May 04 In the year 1961 malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon
May 04 South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested in the year 1961.
May 05 In the year 1961 alan Shepard becomes first American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
May 05 On this day in history alan Shepard becomes the first American into space
May 06 Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 in the year 1961.
May 08 On this day in history alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
May 08 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63 in the year 1961.
May 08 The first practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX on this day in history.
May 10 On this day in history "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London
May 12 In the year 1961 botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
May 13 In the year 1961 gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60
May 14 Bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama in the year 1961.
May 15 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea in the year 1961.
May 16 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck in the year 1961.
May 16 In the year 1961 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
May 17 Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers in the year 1961.
May 17 On this day in history frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81
May 18 In the year 1961 henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
May 19 On this day in history joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94
May 19 On this day in history new pier opens in Scheveningen
May 20 Mauritania adopts constitution on this day in history.
May 20 White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery AL in the year 1961.
May 21 Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery in the year 1961.
May 22 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1 in the year 1961.
May 22 In the year 1961 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42
May 22 Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53 on this day in history.
May 22 The first revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens on this day in history.
May 23 In the year 1961 joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53
May 24 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS on this day in history.
May 24 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit in the year 1961.
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