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Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Apr 30 Vancouver BC, the inaugural computer-controlled CP Rail coal train reaches Roberts Bank from mines in Alberta. 
May 02 Twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean
May 03 Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82
May 04 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard
May 04 Four students are killed at Kent State University by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti-war protest They are immortalized in the song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
May 04 National Guard results in the deaths of 4 at Kent State in Ohio.
May 04 Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt
May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth)
May 06 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skis down Mount Everest
May 07 Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
May 08 200000 Australians participate in antiwar demonstrations (Vietnam)
May 08 Beatles release "Let it Be" album.
May 08 Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
May 09 100000s demonstrate against Vietnam War.
May 09 Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84.
May 10 Stanley Cup Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games.
May 11 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise.
May 12 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed by the U S Senate as a Supreme Court justice.
May 12 Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78
May 12 Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
May 13 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres.
May 13 The Beatles movie Let It Be premieres today
May 14 Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84
May 14 Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State University, Mississippi)
May 14 Harry A Blackmun appointed to the Supreme Court.
May 14 In the Eastern Caucasus two quakes measuring 5.5 and 6.5 occurred occurred a few miles west of Machackala, a city of about 165000 population and located on the Caspian Sea
May 14 NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing.
May 14 Red Aarmy Faction -leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin
May 15 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be" is released in US
May 15 Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays named inaugural female US generals.
May 15 South-Africa excluded from Olympic play.
May 16 "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70
May 17 Hank Aaron is recorded as becoming 9th player to get 3000 hits
May 17 Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61.
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