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Tuesday, 07 July 2026
May 10 "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco hit #1 on UK pop chart 
May 12 Elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85.
May 12 Fred Markham (US), unpaced and unaided by wind, is inaugural to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat CA
May 12 Kristeen Garcia is born
May 12 President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator.
May 14 In this year, Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary.
May 15 Argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years.
May 15 Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71.
May 16 "Top Gun" premieres
May 16 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas.
May 16 South African President P W Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela
May 17 "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the UK pop chart
May 18 Chung Kwung Ying does 2750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups.
May 18 John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black and Bubbles), dies at 84.
May 18 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
May 20 Bernard Naylor, composer, dies at 78
May 20 Christy Fichtner, 23, (Texas), crowned 35th Miss USA
May 20 Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv.
May 22 Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63
May 23 Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue and Gray), dies at 70
May 23 US and West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa
May 24 Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy Mahl.
May 24 Gunnar Bjornstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76
May 24 Margaret Thatcher is recorded as becoming inaugural British PM to visit Israel.
May 24 Reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hours
May 25 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
May 25 Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85
May 25 Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed
May 25 Hands Across America - 7 million people hold hands from California to New York.
May 25 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2000th hit
May 25 Virgilio Barco elected President of Colombia.
May 27 Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82.
May 27 Norway Showcase groundbreaking
May 27 President Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled.
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