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May 26, 2015

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Historical Context for May 26, 2015

In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]

Notable Deaths

Vicente Aranda

2015Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)[†]

Vicente Aranda Ezquerra was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.

Les Johnson

2015Les Johnson, Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (born 1924)[†]

Leslie Royston Johnson AM was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the Whitlam government, serving as Minister for Housing (1972–1973), Works (1973), Housing and Construction (1973–1975), and Aboriginal Affairs (1975). He represented the Division of Hughes in New South Wales from 1955 to 1966 and from 1969 to 1983. He later served as High Commissioner to New Zealand from 1984 to 1985, cutting short his term due to his daughter's ill health.

Robert Kraft (astronomer)

2015Robert Kraft, American astronomer and academic (born 1927)[†]

Robert Paul Kraft was an American astronomer. He performed pioneering work on Cepheid variables, stellar rotation, novae, and the chemical evolution of the Milky Way. His name is also associated with the Kraft break: the abrupt change in the average rotation rate of main sequence stars around spectral type F8.

2015João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (born 1979)[†]

João Nuno Silva Cardoso Lucas was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

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