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Sunday, 15 February 2026
May 26 15th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth 
May 26 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth
May 26 Organization of African Unity forms.
May 26 Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53
May 27 Jomo Kenyatta elected inaugural prime minister of Kenya
May 27 Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered
May 28 Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22000 die and 1 million houses destroyed
May 28 Jomo Kenyatta is recorded as becoming inaugural PM of Kenya.
May 28 Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60.
May 31 Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63
Jun 01 King Victor Emmanual III of Italy, is recorded as becoming Emperor of Ethiopia
Jun 02 In this year, Mickey Wright claims LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
Jun 03 John XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81
Jun 04 inaugural transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio.
Jun 07 inaugural Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) and release inaugural single, "Come on".
Jun 07 Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65
Jun 08 "Mr President" closes at St James Theater NYC after 265 performances
Jun 09 Barbra Striesand appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Jun 09 Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY.
Jun 10 Anita King, actress (Tender Loving Care), dies of heart attack at 74.
Jun 11 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested for attempts to integrate Florida restaurants
Jun 11 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama.
Jun 11 JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is "time to act".
Jun 11 Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon
Jun 12 Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80
Jun 12 Civil rights leader Medger Evers is shot and killed in front of his Jackson, Mississippi home.
Jun 14 Valery Bykovsky in Vostok 5 orbits earth 81 times in 5 days
Jun 16 In this year, Levi Eshkol formally adopts in place of David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM.
Jun 16 J C Powys, writer, dies at 90.
Jun 16 Valentina Tereshkova is recorded as becoming inaugural woman in space, aboard Vostok 6.
Jun 17 Alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79.
Jun 17 Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools
Jun 18 3000 blacks boycot Boston public school.
Jun 18 3000 blacks boycott Boston public school.
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