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Wednesday, 17 June 2026
May 15 US marines arrive in Laos. 
May 17 Marin County withdraws from BART district.
May 19 "John Birch Society" by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99.
May 19 Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea.
May 19 Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's National League hit record with 3431.
May 19 US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric).
May 22 14th Emmy Awards Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth
May 22 Netherlands telephone net is recorded as becoming completely automated
May 22 Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30600 meters.
May 22 Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inning game.
May 23 OAS leader General Raoul Salan sentenced to life.
May 23 Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7
May 24 M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit.
May 25 In this year, US unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week
May 25 Isley Brothers release "Twist and Shout"
May 28 Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY
May 28 US stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day
May 28 Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
May 29 Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show"
May 29 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Garry Moore Show"
May 29 Buck O'Neil is recorded as becoming the inaugural black coach in major league baseball, accepting a job with the Chicago Cubs
May 30 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India)
May 30 Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres.
May 31 "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV
May 31 Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56.
Jun 01 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit.
Jun 01 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40420 m
Jun 02 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62)
Jun 02 Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies
Jun 03 Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, results in the deaths of 130.
Jun 04 William Beebe, US biologist/explorer, dies at 84.
Jun 06 Beatles meet their producer George Martin for the inaugural time Beatles record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums
Jun 06 Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies of poisoning at 63.
Jun 07 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31580 m.
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