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Wednesday, 24 June 2026
May 06 Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice 
May 06 Mario Andretti sets the one-lap speed record at Indianapolis 500 at 218.204 MPH
May 06 PTL's Jim Bakker and Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God.
May 06 William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73.
May 07 Colin Blakely, dies at 56
May 08 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
May 08 Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
May 09 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
May 09 Actor Tom Cruise (27) and actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry.
May 09 Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78.
May 11 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines.
May 11 inaugural heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore).
May 11 The inaugural heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore).
May 12 Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53
May 13 In this year, Ajax claims 27th Europe Cup II.
May 14 "Little Shop of Horrors" is released in Germany.
May 14 Colt revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for $242000
May 14 Rita Hayworth, actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68
May 15 John Baur, museum director, dies at 78.
May 16 "Bobro 400", a barge carrying 3200 tons of garbage, set sail from New York, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site
May 16 Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles.
May 16 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show
May 17 "Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances.
May 17 Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88
May 17 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
May 18 Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73.
May 19 Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71.
May 20 Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF and Harley Race for trademark name "king"
May 21 Alejandro Rey, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies at 57
May 21 Military coup in Fiji Islands under Lieutenant Colonel Sitivani Rabuka.
May 21 Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama.
May 22 30 killed in a Texas tornado
May 22 Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65
May 23 Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86
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