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Friday, 19 June 2026
May 19 Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76. 
May 19 USSR launches Mars 2, inaugural spacecraft to crash land on Mars.
May 20 Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of US soldiers in SE Asia
May 21 Dennis King, actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73
May 21 In this year, Chelsea claims 11th Europe Cup II in Athens.
May 21 National Guard mobilized to quell riot in Chattanooga TN
May 22 Norwegian cruise vessel Meteor catches fire in Strait of Georgia; 70 passengers saved, 32 crew members killed.
May 23 In this year, Kathy Whitworth claims LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale.
May 23 Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands.
May 24 A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard
May 25 Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss.
May 26 John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70
May 26 Soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its inaugural appearance
May 27 23rd Walker Cup Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11
May 27 Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62.
May 27 In this year, UCLA claims NCAA basketball championship.
May 28 Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46.
May 28 In this year, Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram"
May 28 USSR Mars 3 launched, inaugural spacecraft to soft land on Mars.
May 29 "Court Room" by Clarence Carter hits #61.
May 29 Max Trapp, composer, dies at 83
May 30 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD apple juice.
May 30 Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46.
May 30 Train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die
May 30 US Mariner 9 inaugural satellite to orbit Mars launched.
May 31 Dainty Ironmonger, cricketer (74 wkts in 14 Tests after age 46), dies
Jun 01 Ed Sullivan's final TV show
Jun 01 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2167 Erin
Jun 01 Reinhold Niebuhr, US theologist (Nature and Destiny of Man), dies at 78
Jun 02 Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66.
Jun 06 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die.
Jun 06 Arnold Elston, composer, dies at 63.
Jun 06 Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station.
Jun 07 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes inaugural transfer to orbiting Salyut
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