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Saturday, 20 June 2026
May 21 Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1 
May 21 Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies.
May 22 Soyuz 40 returns to Earth
May 23 Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage
May 23 George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83.
May 24 George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83.
May 24 Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain.
May 24 In this year, Bobby Unser claims, loses, and claims a controversial Indianapolis 500.
May 25 Al Unser is recorded as becoming inaugural Indianapolis 500 winner to be disqualified.
May 25 Daniel Goodwin, scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours
May 25 Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84.
May 26 Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14
May 26 Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth.
May 27 In this year, Liverpool claims 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris France.
May 27 John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol.
May 28 Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC
May 30 "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)
May 30 Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers
May 30 Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated.
Jun 01 Carl Vinson, (Rep-D-Ga, 1914-64), dies at 97
Jun 02 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be
Jun 03 Carleton Coon, anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76
Jun 03 Pope John Paul II released from hospital after attempt on life
Jun 04 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2494 Inge, #2797 Teucer, #2870 Haupt, #3169 Ostro and #3726
Jun 05 Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AIDS)
Jun 05 In this year, George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England"
Jun 05 Philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies
Jun 07 Iraq's only nuclear reactor is destroyed by Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers.
Jun 09 Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63
Jun 10 IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail
Jun 10 Russell "Lucky" Hayden, actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at 68
Jun 11 Eppo Doeve, Dutch graphic artist/cartoonist/painter, dies at 73.
Jun 11 Golbaf earthquake in Iran killing 3000 people.
Jun 11 Southern Iran a 6.9 quake killed 3000 with many injured, and extensive damage in Kerman Province.
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