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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 25 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32770 meters. 
May 25 President Kennedy announces plan to send men to the Moon
May 26 Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta.
May 26 USAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours
May 27 In this year, Fiorentina claims inaugural Europe Cup II in Florence.
May 27 President Kennedy announces US goal to reach the Moon
May 27 The inaugural "black light" is sold can disco be far ahead?.
May 28 Amnesty International is founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)
May 28 Amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)
May 28 Last ever Orient Express from Paris to Bucharest.
May 28 Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years).
May 29 Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer, dies at 60
May 30 Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die.
May 30 Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69.
May 31 Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens.
May 31 Dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated.
May 31 JFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris.
May 31 Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Education of New Rochelle, to integrate.
May 31 South Africa is recorded as becoming an independent republic.
May 31 Union of South Africa is recorded as becoming a republic, leaves the Commonwealth
Jun 02 George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72.
Jun 07 Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies
Jun 08 English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley.
Jun 10 Suzanne Clayton's birthday June 10th 1961
Jun 12 The DND buys 66 F-101 Voodoos in exchange for US control of Pinetree Line, plus a Mutual Air Program for purchase of 200 Canadian-built F-104 Starfighters.
Jun 13 Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 79.
Jun 16 Ballet performer Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris.
Jun 16 Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host.
Jun 16 O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies.
Jun 16 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris
Jun 17 Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40
Jun 18 CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke.
Jun 19 Kuwait regains complete independence from Britain.
Jun 19 United Kingdom gives up control of Kuwait.
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