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Saturday, 20 June 2026
Apr 22 Will Geer actor (Grandpa-The Waltons), dies at 75 
Apr 22 Will Geer, actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons), dies at 75.
Apr 25 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more.
Apr 26 NASA launches space vehicle S-201
Apr 27 Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered.
May 01 Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74
May 01 Naomi Uemura became inaugural to reach North Pole overland alone.
May 03 "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US
May 03 In this year, Anderlecht claims 18th Europe Cup II.
May 03 Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston.
May 03 West Indies all set to lose cricket test vs Australia at Kingston till riots end game.
May 03 Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71.
May 04 Russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany.
May 05 Alfred H H Gilligan, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies.
May 05 Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds smacked his 3000th major-league hit
May 06 Ethelda Bleibtrey, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920), dies at 76
May 06 South Africa military goes into Angola.
May 09 Corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro are discovered.
May 10 In this year, Liverpool claims 23rd Europe Cup I.
May 11 John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93.
May 11 Margaret A Brewer is inaugural female general in the US Marine Corps
May 12 Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female.
May 12 The U S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decides that hurricanes will no longer be given only female names
May 13 Albert Roberts, cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 7 wickets), dies.
May 13 Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels.
May 17 John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies
May 18 Italy legalizes abortion
May 18 Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work.
May 19 George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies
May 20 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris France.
May 20 US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces inaugural global radar map of Venus
May 21 118 Unification church couples wed in England
May 21 Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77
May 21 Yamada Mumon Roshi appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect.
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