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Thursday, 25 June 2026
Apr 16 Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain 
Apr 17 100th intl soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1).
Apr 18 Bill Russell became inaugural black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics).
Apr 19 Roberta Bignay is recorded as becoming the inaugural woman to run in the Boston Marathon
Apr 21 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica.
Apr 22 Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating NY Mets 8-4
Apr 25 Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70
Apr 26 Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach
Apr 28 20th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3.
Apr 28 Ralph Bunker, actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77.
Apr 29 Eugene O'Brien, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85
Apr 30 Richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident
May 01 In this year, Mickey Wright claims LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational.
May 01 Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley).
May 01 Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting.
May 01 US troops shooting targets in Cambodia
May 02 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)
May 03 Wylie Watson, dies at 77.
May 04 Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69.
May 04 Soviet Government signs accord about building Fiat factory in USSR.
May 05 Willie Mays hit his 512th homerun
May 05 Willie Mays hit home run number 512 of his career
May 06 Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
May 08 Only homerun ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Frank Robinson)
May 09 Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56.
May 10 25ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May.
May 11 In this year, Real Madrid claims 11th Europe Cup I.
May 13 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
May 13 Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk, poet/editor in chief (illegal), dies
May 13 Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black".
May 14 Georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88.
May 15 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die.
May 16 Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released.
May 16 National Welfare Rights Organization begins
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