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Sunday, 05 July 2026
May 05 Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47. 
May 05 Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, results in the deaths of 24.
May 06 Karel M J F Cruysberghs, Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at 85.
May 08 Alan Baxter, dies at 67
May 09 Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74
May 10 George Curzon, dies at 77
May 11 Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
May 11 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
May 11 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV.
May 12 In this year, Bayern Munich claims 21st Europe Cup 1.
May 14 Keith Relf, rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted at 33
May 14 Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter
May 14 Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast.
May 15 "Fonz Song" by Heyettes hits #91
May 15 "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard hits #85
May 15 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation.
May 15 Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88
May 17 28th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson and Michael Learned win.
May 17 Earthquake in Uzbekistan 1000's killed.
May 17 In Uzbek SSR a 7.1 quake killed 6 and 10000 homeless in Gazli area. Damage reported in parts of Uzbek, Tadzhik, and Turkham SSR.
May 19 Gold ownership legalized in Australia
May 19 In this year, Liverpool claims 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge
May 19 Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
May 21 Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer, dies at 77
May 22 NASA launches space vehicle S-179
May 24 Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62.
May 24 Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
May 24 The inaugural commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC)
May 25 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Richard Dunn in Munich.
May 26 Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86
May 27 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80
May 29 "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29.
May 30 Bobby Unser sets world record for the quickest pit stop (4 seconds).
May 31 Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies
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