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Monday, 06 July 2026
Apr 26 Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany 
Apr 27 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China.
Apr 27 Mandatory seatbelt law comes into force in Italy.
Apr 28 Olaff J de Landell [JB van Sparwoude], Dutch writer, dies at 77.
Apr 30 Critics Siskel and Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show
Apr 30 Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 60
Apr 30 US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
May 01 135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to the public.
May 01 David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered.
May 01 US Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting.
May 03 Christine Jorgensen, 1st transsexual, dies at 62
May 04 US launches Magellan to Venus.
May 04 US space shuttle STS-30 launched.
May 04 White house aide Oliver North is convicted of charges from the Iran-Contra affair The three convictions are later overturned on appeal.
May 05 Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (NSW 1933-39), dies
May 05 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
May 06 Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
May 07 Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65
May 08 In this year, Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
May 08 US space shuttle STS-30 lands
May 09 Journalists petition Chinese Government for freedom of press
May 09 Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33.
May 09 Vice President Dan Quayle says in United Negro College Fund speech "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing to waste".
May 10 General Manuel Noriega's Government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin.
May 10 In this year, FC Barcelona claims 29th Europe Cup II
May 11 217th and final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
May 11 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds.
May 11 President Bush orders nearly 2000 troops to Panama.
May 12 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2000th TV performance
May 12 Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
May 12 Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.
May 13 Approximately 2000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China.
May 13 Thousands of students stage a hunger strike in China's Tiananmen Square
May 14 "Moonlighting", TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC
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