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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
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 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 19 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.
May 20 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
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.
Jun 01 Pieter Balledux, actor/stage manager/resistance fighter, dies at 89
Jun 02 Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52
Jun 03 Queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold
Jun 03 US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta
Jun 04 Canada declares 370 km (200 nautical mile) offshore fisheries jurisdiction zone, effective Jan 1, 1977
Jun 05 Jean Paul Getty, US oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83.
Jun 05 Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die).
Jun 06 J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London
Jun 07 Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61
Jun 09 James A Farley, US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88.
Jun 10 67000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome
Jun 10 Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/US fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103.
Jun 12 The Navy phased out the last C-117 (Douglas DC-3), perhaps the most famous transport plane of all time. The last C-117 was flown from Pensacola to Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, the boneyard for obsolete military aircraft
Jun 13 Don Bolles, US journalist (against Arizona), dies
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