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Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Nov 28 Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70. 
Nov 28 John Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession
Nov 29 John and Yoko release their inaugural album "Two Virgins" in UK.
Nov 29 The Viet Cong High Command orders an all-out attempt to smash the Phoenix program. Hanoi Radio broadcasted a National Liberation Front directive calling for a new offensive to "utterly destroy" Allied forces
Nov 30 Diana Ross and The Supremes hit the #1 spot on the music charts with Love Child. The somewhat controversial tune (for the times) stayed at the top for two weeks.
Dec 01 Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66.
Dec 01 Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting.
Dec 02 Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor
Dec 05 Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54.
Dec 05 Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP.
Dec 07 M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923
Dec 07 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit
Dec 07 Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823.
Dec 09 Doug Engelbart demonstrates inaugural computer mouse at Stanford.
Dec 10 Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82
Dec 11 Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59
Dec 11 The Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years.
Dec 12 Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired
Dec 12 Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65
Dec 13 Playland at Beach reopens
Dec 13 Playland at the Beach reopens.
Dec 13 Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52
Dec 15 Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86
Dec 19 Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84
Dec 19 WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting.
Dec 20 Bax Brod, composer, dies at 84
Dec 21 Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell and Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage.
Dec 21 Launch of Apollo 8 with Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. as Command Module Pilot. During the mission Lovell was one of the inaugural two people to see the far side of the moon. The mission lasted 6 days and 3 hours, and included 10 moon orbits. Recovery was by HS-4 helicopters from USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
Dec 22 Louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73.
Dec 23 82 members of US intelligence ship `Pueblo' released by North Korea
Dec 23 Borman, Lovell and Anders become inaugural men to orbit Moon.
Dec 23 inaugural US case of space motion sickness
Dec 24 Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis.
Dec 25 Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon.
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