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Sunday, 28 June 2026
May 25 Fire Support Base Balmoral in Vietnam reinforced with Centurion tanks. 
May 25 Gateway Arch in St Louis dedicated
May 25 Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash".
May 26 William E "Little Willie" John, US R and B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)
May 27 Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30
May 28 Award of United States Presidential Unit Citation to D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, for the Battle of Long Tan.
May 28 In this year, Senator Eugene McCarthy claims Democratic primary in Oregon.
May 28 Second assault on Fire Support Base Balmoral, Vietnam
May 29 In this year, Manchester United claims 13rd Europe Cup 1 in London
May 29 Manchester United become the inaugural English team to win European Championship soccer tournament beating Benfica of Portugal 4-1 at Wembley after an added 30 minutes 1968 Truth in Lending Act signed into law.
May 29 UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia.
May 30 Beatles begin work on their only double album "The Beatles".
May 30 President De Gaulle disbands French parliament.
May 30 University church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up.
May 30 West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law.
Jun 01 Helen Keller blind and deaf, dies at 87.
Jun 01 Helen Keller, blind and deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87
Jun 01 Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1
Jun 04 Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70.
Jun 05 Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who was immediately arrested. Kennedy had just claimed victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. 68.
Jun 05 Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day
Jun 05 US Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles.
Jun 06 Franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies
Jun 06 Senator Robert F. Kennedy succumbs to being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the day before in Los Angeles.
Jun 07 Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60.
Jun 07 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination
Jun 08 Gary Puckett and The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power".
Jun 08 James Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport
Jun 08 New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted.
Jun 08 Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Jun 10 Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65
Jun 12 Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76
Jun 14 Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51
Jun 15 John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral.
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