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Monday, 29 June 2026
Apr 28 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, steps down 
Apr 28 Dee Carroll, [Betty Jean Marsh], actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies.
Apr 28 Tommy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies.
Apr 29 Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80
Apr 30 Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies.
Apr 30 Queen Beatrix of Netherlands ascends to the throne.
Apr 30 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London.
May 01 15th Academy of Country Music Awards Barbara Mandrell claims.
May 01 American Book Award William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff)
May 02 Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies
May 02 Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
May 02 Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa.
May 02 Pope John Paul II begins African tour.
May 04 Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87.
May 04 Marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, dies.
May 05 Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79.
May 05 Saipan and other Navy ships provided humanitarian search and rescue support operations for the vast sealift of Cuban refugees heading for the U.S. through the Florida Straits.
May 05 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos and police stormed the building.
May 08 World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated.
May 09 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
May 10 Ottawa gives financially strapped Chrysler Canada $20 million in loan guarantees, and Ontario provides a $10 million grant, Bring on the K Car!!!.
May 12 Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies.
May 12 The inaugural nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson and son Chris)
May 14 Department of Health and Human Services begins operation.
May 14 Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67
May 14 In this year, Valencia claims 20th Europe Cup II
May 15 Ottawa agrees to extend natural gas pipeline from Montreal to Quebec City
May 15 Shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980.
May 16 Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis
May 16 Former Buggles members Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman in Yes
May 16 In this year, Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album.
May 17 Major race riot in Miami FL - 16 killed, 300 injured
May 17 Paul and Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live.
May 18 Belgium 3rd Government of Martens forms.
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