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Saturday, 20 June 2026
May 14 Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square continue. 
May 14 Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs
May 14 Matt Gilliam was born!
May 15 John Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80.
May 15 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers
May 15 Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for inaugural Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years
May 16 Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered.
May 16 Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing, ending a 30-year rift between the two Communist powers
May 17 In this year, Napoli claims 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart
May 17 Longest Cab Ride Ever 14000 miles cost $16000!
May 17 Nelson Mandela receives a BA degree from University of South Africa
May 17 Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825 million.
May 18 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl
May 19 Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies
May 19 Dow Jones average passes 2500 mark for inaugural time, closes at 2501.1.
May 19 Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
May 20 Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70
May 20 China declares martial law in Beijing.
May 20 Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live.
May 20 Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27000' Mount Everest top
May 23 3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone
May 23 An estimated one million people in Beijing (and tens of thousands in other Chinee cities) march to demand the resignation of Premier Li Peng.
May 23 Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe.
May 24 "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" premieres
May 24 French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice
May 24 Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72.
May 24 In this year, AC Milan claims 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona
May 24 NHL's New York Rangers fire general manager and coach Phil Esposito
May 24 Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack.
May 25 Eastern Airlines graduates its inaugural class of non-union pilots.
May 25 Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
May 25 Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy".
May 26 Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals.
May 27 Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
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