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Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Apr 24 Bud Abbott dies at 78. 
Apr 24 Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 78.
Apr 24 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers.
Apr 26 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam.
Apr 27 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107
Apr 28 Last Americans evacuated from Saigon.
Apr 28 Paul Page, actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70
Apr 30 Agnes (Robertson) Moorehead Emmy Award-winning actresswas died
Apr 30 Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endorra-Bewitched), dies at 67.
May 02 Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred
May 04 Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65
May 06 Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis OR.
May 06 Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer are discovered in London.
May 06 West German chancellor W Brandt steps down
May 08 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted.
May 08 Canadian Government of Trudeau falls.
May 08 Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
May 09 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
May 09 Lyubomir Pipkov, composer, dies at 69
May 10 In China a 6.8 quake was one of the world's deadliest earthquakes.
May 11 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83
May 11 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7.
May 11 In this year, Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number".
May 14 Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed.
May 16 Helmut Schmidt is recorded as becoming West German chancellor.
May 17 Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49.
May 18 "The Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
May 18 Daniel R Topping, US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61.
May 18 India is recorded as becoming 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
May 19 In this year, Valeri Giscard d'Estaing claims French presidential election.
May 20 Soyuz 14 returns to Earth
May 22 In this year, Ruffian starts her racing career as a filly and dies 14 months later.
May 22 Soccer team Veendam forms.
May 23 Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed
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