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May 26 is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) May 2007 is the fifth month of that year It began on a Tuesday and 31 days later ended on a Thursday. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month May 2005 was the fifth month of that year It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday. May 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 219 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place. Events By Place Western Roman Empire April 7 — The Huns sack Metz. Battle of Avarayr (Ավարայրի ճակատամարտ May 26, 451, also known as Battle of Vartanantz, hy Վարդանանց Պատերազմ The Armenians (Հայեր Hayer) are a Nation and Ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands A large The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty or Sassanian Dynasty (ساسانیان) is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Persian empire The Armenians are defeated militarily but are guaranteed freedom to openly practice Christianity. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings
• 1293 - An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Japan, killing about 30,000. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, about 50 km south-south-west of Tokyo. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1328 - William of Ockham, Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII. William of Ockham (also Occam, Hockham, or any of several other spellings ˈɒkəm (c The term Franciscan is commonly used to refer to members of Catholic Michael of Cesena ( Michele di Cesena or Michele Fuschi) (c 1270 &ndash November 29 1342) was a Franciscan, general of that Order Avignon (/aviɲɔ̃/ in French) ( Provençal: Avinhon in classical norm or Avignoun in Mistralian norm is a commune Pope John (numbering Pope John XXII (1249 &ndash December 4, 1334) born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse) was Pope from 1316 to 1334
• 1538 - Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking John Calvin (or Jean Calvin) (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564 was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years. Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région
• 1637 - Pequot War: A combined Protestant and Mohegan force under German Captain John Mason attacks a Pequot village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Native Americans. The Pequot War was an armed conflict in 1636-1637 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies with Native American allies (the Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Mohegan tribe is an Algonquian-speaking tribe that lives in eastern upper Thames valley Connecticut Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. See Main articles Mashantucket Pequot Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America.
• 1647 - Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut. Alse Young (sometimes cited as Achsah Young or Alice Young) (b Witchcraft, in various historical anthropological religious and mythological contexts is the use of certain kinds of Supernatural or magical powers
• 1670 - In Dover, England, Charles II of Great Britain and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover. Dover is a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, England. Charles II (Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685 was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent The Treaty of Dover, also known as the Secret Treaty of Dover, was an offensive and defensive treaty between England and France signed at Dover
• 1736 - Battle of Ackia: British and Chickasaw soldiers repel a French and Choctaw attack on the Chickasaw village of Ackia, near present-day Tupelo, Mississippi. Year 1736 ( MDCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Introduction The Chickasaw Campaign of 1736 consisted of two pitched battles by the French and allies against Chickasaw fortified villages in present day The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 The Chickasaw' are Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States (Mississippi Alabama Tennessee French colonization of the Americas began in the 14th century and continued in the following centuries as France established a colonial empire in the Western The Choctaw are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States ( Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana) Tupelo ( IPA:) is the largest city in and the County seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States The French, under Louisiana governor Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, had sought to link Louisiana with Acadia and the other northern colonies of New France. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ]]( February 23, 1680 &ndash March 7, 1767) was a colonizer born in Montreal, Quebec The Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture ( ACADIA) is a Non-profit organization active in the area of Computer-aided architectural design The Viceroyalty of New France (Nouvelle-France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the
• 1770 - The Orlov Revolt, a first attempt to revolt against the Turks before the Greek War of Independence ends in disaster for the Greeks. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday The Orlov Revolt ( 1770) was a precursor to the Greek War of Independence ( 1821) which saw a Greek uprising in the Peloponnese at Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829 also commonly known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
• 1805 - Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Duomo di Milano gothic cathedral in Milan. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Iron Crown of Lombardy ( Corona Ferrea) is both a reliquary and one of the most ancient royal insignia of Europe Milan Cathedral (Italian Duomo di Milano; Milanese: Domm de Milan) is the Cathedral See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.
• 1828 - Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap A feral child ( Feral, Wild, or undomesticated) is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age and has no (or little Kaspar Hauser (April 30 1812 (? &ndash December 17, 1833) was a mysterious foundling in 19th century Germany.
• 1830 - The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display The Indian Removal Act, part of a United States government policy known as Indian removal, was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 26 The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Andrew Jackson (March 15 1767 June 8 1845 was the seventh President of the United States (1829&ndash1837
• 1857 - Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Dred Scott (1799 – September 17, 1858) was a slave in the United States who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom in the famous
• 1864 - Montana is organized as a United States territory. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically
• 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Edmund Kirby Smith (May 16 1824 – March 28 1893 was a career United States Army officer an educator and a general in the Confederate Army during The Trans-Mississippi was the geographic area west of the Mississippi River during the 19th century containing the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, The War Department was established by the Confederate Congress in an act on February 21, 1861. "Galveston" redirects here For the town in the US state of Indiana see Galveston Indiana.
• 1868 - The impeachment trial of U. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to forcibly remove a Government official S. President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote. Andrew Johnson (December 29 1808 – July 31 1875 was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865-69 succeeding to the Presidency upon the assassination
• 1869 - Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
• 1879 - Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Treaty of Gandamak officially ended the first phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The European influence in Afghanistan refers to political social and sometimes Imperialistic influence various European nations have had on this historical development of the
• 1889 - Opening of the first Eiffel Tower elevator to the public. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel /tuʀ ɛfɛl/ is an Iron Tower built
• 1894 - Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
• 1896 - Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Charles Henry Dow ( November 6, 1851 – December 4, 1902) was an American Journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( also called the DJIA, Dow 30, INDP, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several
• 1896 - James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California. James C Dunham, was a multiple murderer who on the night of May 26, 1896, killed his wife her family and two of that family's servants in Campbell California Campbell (ˈkæmbəl is a city in Santa Clara County, California, part of Silicon Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• 1906 - Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Vauxhall Bridge is a steel arched Bridge for road and foot traffic crossing the River Thames in a north-west south-east orientation between Lambeth Bridge London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1908 - At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Masjed Soleiman (also transcribed as Masjid Soleyman and Masjid-e-Soleiman) (مسجد سلیمان in Persian) is a city in the Khuzestan For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
• 1913 - Emily Duncan becomes Great Britain's first woman magistrate. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands A magistrate is a judicial officer In Common law systems a magistrate usually has limited authority to administer and enforce the Law.
• 1917 - A powerful F4 tornado rips Mattoon, Illinois apart, killing 101 people and injuring 689. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Fujita scale ( F-Scale) or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating Tornado intensity based on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus Mattoon is a city in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 18291 as of the 2000 census It was the world's longest-lasting tornado, lasting for over 7 hours and traveling 293 miles, spreading death and destruction along its path.
• 1918 - Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani The military of the Ottoman Empire was divided in three organizational structures the Army Navy and Air Force The Battle of Sardarabad (Սարդարապատի ճակատամարտ Sardarapat Savaşı was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place
• 1918 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Democratic Republic of Georgia ( DRG; Georgian: საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა Sakartvelos
• 1928 - The first motion picture is projected publicly in Athens, Greece. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's
• 1936 - In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The House of Commons of Northern Ireland was the lower house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Thomas Gibson Henderson (1877 &ndash August 14, 1970) usually known as Tommy Henderson, was an Ulster independent Unionist An appropriation bill or supply bill is a legislative motion ( Bill) which authorizes the Government to spend money By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he spoke for 10 hours.
• 1938 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The House Committee on Un-American Activities ( HUAC or HCUA 1938–1975 was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives.
• 1940 - World War II: Battle of Dunkirk – In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Dunkirk was the defense and evacuation of the British and Allied forces that had been separated from the main body of the French defenses by the German advance This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. Dunkirk ( French: Dunkerque, dœ̃kɛʀk or; Dutch:; is a harbour city and a commune in the northernmost part of France, in the
• 1942 - World War II: The Battle of Bir Hakeim takes place. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bir Hakeim (sometimes written Bir Hacheim) is a remote Oasis in the Libyan desert and the former site of a Turkish fort
• 1948 - The U. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. Congress passes Public Law 557 which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force. Public Law 80-557 (,) was passed by the US Congress on May 26, 1948. The Civil Air Patrol ( CAP) is the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF
• 1966 - British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. British Guiana was the name of the British Colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana. Guyana (ɡaɪˈænə or /ɡiːˈɑːnə/ officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only Nation state
• 1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001
• 1970 - The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Sound is a vibration that travels through an elastic medium as a Wave.
• 1972 - Willandra National Park is established in Australia. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Willandra is a national park in New South Wales ( Australia) 582 km west of Sydney. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
• 1972 - The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ( ABM Treaty or ABMT) was a treaty between the United States of America and the Soviet Union on the limitation
• 1972 - The British state-owned travel firm Thomas Cook & Son is sold to a consortium of private businesses headed by the Midland Bank. This article contains historical information about Thomas Cook AG until its merger with My Travel - for the new company see - Thomas Cook Group Thomas Cook AG Midland Bank was one of the Big Four banking groups in the United Kingdom for most of the 20th century
• 1977 - George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays George Willig (born June 11, 1949) (aka "the human fly" or "the spiderman" is a mountain-climber from Queens New York, The City of New York The World Trade Center in New York City, United States (sometimes informally the WTC or Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan
• 1978 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) A casino is in the modern sense of the word a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of Gambling activities
• 1981 - The Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due). Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Arnaldo Forlani (born December 8, 1925) is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from October 18 Propaganda Due or P2 was a Masonic lodge operating under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of Italy from 1877 to 1976 (when its charter was withdrawn
• 1983 - A strong 7. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) 7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 104 people, injures thousands. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when Many people go missing and thousands of buildings are destroyed.
• 1986 - The European Community adopts the European flag. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The European Community (EC is one of the Three pillars of the European Union (EU created under the Maastricht Treaty (1992 The Flag of Europe is the flag and emblem of the European Union (EU and Council of Europe (CoE
• 1991 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Zviad Gamsakhurdia ( Georgian: ზვიად გამსახურდია, ( March 31, 1939 — December 31, 1993 The President of Georgia (საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი is the Commander-in-chief of Georgia. Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between
• 1991 - Lauda Air Flight 004 explodes over rural Thailand, killing 223. Lauda Air Flight 004 was an international passenger flight that crashed due to a Thrust reverser deployment of the number 1 Engine, in flight The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj
• 1992 - Charles Geschke, co-founder of Adobe Systems, Inc. is kidnapped at gunpoint from the Adobe parking lot in Mountain View, California for $650,000 and is held hostage in a rented house in Hollister, California. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Charles M "Chuck" Geschke (born 1939 is best known as the co-founder with John Warnock of Adobe Systems Inc Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee əˈdoʊbiː ( is an American Computer software company headquartered in San Jose California Parking lot (called a car park in Australia and the UK) is a cleared area that is more or less level and is intended for Parking vehicles Hollister is a city in and the County seat of San Benito County, California, United States. The FBI rescues him four days later.
• 1998 - The United States Supreme Court rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
• 2002 - The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 2001 Mars Odyssey is a Robotic spacecraft Orbiting the planet Mars.
• 2002 - Álvaro Uribe becomes President of Colombia. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ('alβ̞aɾo u'ɾiβ̞e 'β̞eles born July 4 1952 in Medellín) is a Colombian politician and lawyer who is currently the 39th President This is a list of the persons that have been President of the Republic of Colombia and of the same territory under different names throughout history
• 2003 - Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Lakpa Gelu, a Sherpa born in 1969 is a climber from Jubing - 1 KhariKhola Solukhumbu, Nepal. Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha (सगरमाथा meaning Head of the Sky) or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma (in The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year. Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied
• 2004 - The New York Times publishes an admission of journalistic failings, claiming that its flawed reporting and lack of skeptism towards sources during the buildup to the 2003 war in Iraq helped promote the belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia A weapon of mass destruction ( WMD) is a weapon which can kill large numbers of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures (e
• 2004 - The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) is a US Army veteran who was convicted of being an accomplice of Timothy McVeigh, the man convicted The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19 1995 aimed at the U
• 2006 - The May 2006 Java earthquake kills over 5,700 people, leaves 200,000 homeless. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The May 2006 Java Earthquake occurred at 0554 local time on 27 May 2006 (2254 GMT 26 May) in the Indian Ocean

Births

• 1264 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. Prince Koreyasu (惟康親王 ( May 26, 1264 &ndash November 25, 1326; reigned 1266&ndash1289 was the 7th Shogun 1326)
• 1478 - Pope Clement VII (d. For the Antipope (1378&ndash1394 see Antipope Clement VII. Pope Clement VII ( May 26, 1478 &ndash September 1534)
• 1566 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. Mehmed III ( Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثالث Meḥmed-i sālis, Turkish: III The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish 1603)
• 1602 - Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. Philippe de Champaigne ( 26 May 1602 - 12 August 1674) was a Baroque era painter of the French school. 1674)
• 1650 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, British general (d. 1722)
• 1667 - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (d. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a "Moivre" redirects here for the French commune see Moivre Marne. 1754)
• 1669 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Sébastien Vaillant ( May 26, 1669 - May 20, 1722) was a French Botanist. 1722)
• 1689 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ( 26 May 1689 &ndash 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat and writer 1762)
• 1700 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (d. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, Imperial Count of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf, ( May 26, 1700 &ndash May 9, 1760 Reform Movement redirects here For specific organizations by that name see Reform Movement (disambiguation A reform movement is a kind 1760)
• 1764 - Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. Year 1760 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Edward Livingston (26 May 1764&ndash23 May 1836 was a prominent American jurist and statesman 1836)
• 1799 - Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author (d. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1837)
• 1822 - Edmond de Goncourt, French writer (d. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Edmond de Goncourt ( May 26, 1822 &ndash July 16, 1896) was a French writer critic book publisher and the founder of the Académie 1896)
• 1863 - Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert James "Bob" Fitzsimmons ( May 26, 1863 - October 22, 1917) a British -born New Zealand boxer made 1917)
• 1865 - Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Robert William Chambers ( May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American Artist and Writer. 1933)
• 1867 - Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953 was the queen-empress consort of George V of the United Kingdom 1953)
• 1873 - Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Olaf Gulbransson (born 26 May 1873 in Oslo, died 18 September 1958 in Tegernsee, Germany) was a Norwegian Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional 1958)
• 1883 - Mamie Smith, American singer (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mamie Smith ( May 26, 1883, Cincinnati Ohio &ndash September 16, 1946, New York City) was an American 1946)
• 1886 - Al Jolson, American singer (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Al Jolson (May 26 1886 October 23 1950 born in Lithuania, Russian Empire, was a highly acclaimed American singer comedian and actor and the first openly 1950)
• 1893 - Norma Talmadge, American actress (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Norma Talmadge ( May 26, 1893 &ndash December 24, 1957) was one of the greatest film stars of the silent era 1957)
• 1893 - Eugène Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Eugène Aynsley Goossens (26 May 1893 &ndash 13 June 1962 was an English 1962)
• 1895 - Dorothea Lange, American photographer (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dorothea Lange ( May 25 1895 &ndash October 11 1965) was an influential American documentary Photographer 1965)
• 1895 - Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Paul Lukas ( May 26, 1895 - August 15, 1971) was a Hungarian Academy Award and Golden Globe -winning 1971)
• 1899 - Antonio Barrette, French Canadian politician (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Antonio J Barrette ( May 26, 1899 - December 15, 1968) was a Quebec politician born in Joliette, Quebec, 1968)
• 1904 - George Formby, English singer and comedian (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on George Formby may refer to George Formby Jr, banjolele player singer and comedian 1904 - 1961 George Formby Sr 1961)
• 1904 - Vlado Perlemuter, Polish pianist (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vlado Perlemuter ( May 26, 1904 &ndash September 4, 2002) was a French pianist from a Polish Jewish family born in 2002)
• 1907 - Jean Bernard, French physician (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jean A Bernard ( May 26, 1907, Paris — April 17, 2006, Paris was a French physician and haematologist 2006)
• 1907 - John Wayne, American actor (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American 1979)
• 1908 - Robert Morley, English actor (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Robert Morley CBE ( May 26, 1908 &ndash June 3, 1992) was an Oscar -nominated English Actor who 1992)
• 1908 - Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
• 1909 - Sir Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ (born May 26 1908 is a Vietnamese politician who was the first Prime Minister of South Vietnam, serving from November 1963 to late January Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Sir Alexander Matthew "Matt" Busby CBE KCSG (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994 was a Scottish football player and manager most noted 1994)
• 1909 - Nikolay Guryanov, Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Nikolay Guryanov, Nicholas Guryanov, (also Nikolai Alekseievich Gurianov, Николай Алексеевич Гурьянов May 26, 1909, 2002)
• 1909 - Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Adolfo López Mateos ( 26 May 1909 &ndash 22 September 1969) was a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. 1969)
• 1911 - Ben Alexander, American actor (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year This article is about the actor For the rugby league player see Ben Alexander. 1969)
• 1912 - János Kádár, Prime minister of Hungary (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting János Kádár, né Giovanni Czermanik (his Italian first name was due to the laws of Fiume, his father the soldier János Kressinger denied paternity and refused Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic 1989)
• 1912 - Jay Silverheels, American actor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Jay Silverheels ( May 26, 1912 &ndash March 5, 1980) was a Canadian Mohawk Actor. 1980)
• 1913 - Peter Cushing, English actor (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913—11 August 1994 was an English actor known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein 1994)
• 1914 - Frankie Manning, American Lindy Hop dancer
• 1915 - Sam Edwards, American actor (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Frankie Manning (b May 26, 1914) is an American Dancer instructor and Choreographer. Lindy Hop is an African American dance that evolved in New York City in 1927 Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sam Edwards ( May 26, 1915 - July 28, 2004) was an American Actor. 2004)
• 1915 - Antonia Forest, British children's author (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Antonia Forest ( May 26 1915 - November 28 2003) was the Pseudonym of a British children's author who was christened 2003)
• 1916 - Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Moondog was the Pseudonym of Louis Thomas Hardin ( May 26, 1916 &ndash September 8, 1999) a blind American composer musician 1999)
• 1916 - Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Henriette Roosenburg ( May 26, 1916 - 1972 was a Dutch journalist and Political prisoner, perhaps best known for her memoir The Walls 1972)
• 1917 - Eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary
• 1918 - Anton Christoforidis, Greek boxer (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Eva Szorenyi (born May 26, 1917) is a Kossuth Prize-winning actress of the Hungarian National Theatre and a volunteer activist for Hungarian Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Anton Christoforidis ( Αντώνης Χριστοφορίδης) ( May 26, 1918 - October 31, 1985) was a Greek Light 1985)
• 1920 - Peggy Lee, American singer (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Peggy Lee ( May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Jazz and popular music singer and Songwriter 2002)
• 1923 - James Arness, American actor
• 1923 - Roy Dotrice, British actor
• 1932 - Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Arness (born as James Aurness on May 26 1923, Minneapolis Minnesota) is an Emmy -nominated American Actor Roy Dotrice OBE (born May 26, 1923) is a British Actor known for his Tony Award -winning Broadway performance Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Grigor Vachkov Grigorov ( 26 May 1932 - 18 March 1980) was a BulgariansBulgarian theater and cinema Actor 1980)
• 1935 - Sheila Steafel, South African-born British actress
• 1938 - William Bolcom, American composer
• 1938 - Pauline Parker, New-Zealandic murderess
• 1938 - Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian playwright and novelist
• 1938 - Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano
• 1939 - Merab Kostava, Georgian anti-Soviet leader
• 1939 - Brent Musburger, American sports broadcaster
• 1940 - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, French Canadian politician
• 1940 - Levon Helm, American musician (The Band)
• 1941 - Reg Bundy, British performer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheila Steafel (born 26 May 1935, Johannesburg) is an actress who has lived all her adult life in Britain. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Elden Bolcom (born May 26 1938 is an American Composer and pianist. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Parker-Hulme murder Pauline Yvonne Parker (born on May 26, 1938) is a woman from Christchurch Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya (Людмила Стефановна Петрушевская (born May 26 1938) is a Russian writer novelist and playwright Teresa Stratas OC (born May 26 1938 Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Soprano opera singer Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Merab Kostava (Georgian მერაბ კოსტავა May 26, 1939 &ndash October 13, 1989) was a Georgian Dissident Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939, in Portland Oregon) is an American Sportscaster for the ABC and ESPN Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (born May 26, 1940 in Plessisville) is a Politician in Quebec, Canada. Mark Lavon Helm (born May 26, 1940) better known as Levon Helm, is an American rock Musician and actor most famous as The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999 Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Reginald Sutherland Bundy ( 26 May 1941 - 15 April 2003) was a British dancer actor and television presenter best-known for his 2003)
• 1941 - Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player
• 1941 - John Kaufman, sculptor
• 1943 - Erica Terpstra, President of the Dutch Olympic Committee
• 1944 - Sam Posey, American race car driver, TV commentator and author
• 1945 - Garry Peterson, Canadian drummer (The Guess Who)
• 1946 - Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian Rhythmic gymnas and coach. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Cliff Drysdale (born May 26, 1941 in Nelspruit, in the former Transvaal (now in the Mpumalanga province South Africa) Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) The Diver is a Sculpture by John Kaufman located in the River Thames at Rainham, East London. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erica Georgine Terpstra (born May 26, 1943 in The Hague) is a retired freestyle Swimmer from the Netherlands, who Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sam Posey (born May 26, 1944, New York City New York) is a retired American racecar driver and sports broadcast journalist Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Garry Peterson ( May 26, 1945) is a Canadian Drummer who has been a long-term member of the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. The Guess Who is a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg Manitoba, that was one of the first to establish a major successful following in their own country Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Neshka Robeva (Нешка Робева (born May 26, 1946) is a Bulgarian former Rhythmic Gymnast and coach Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which single competitors or pairs trios or even more (generally five manipulate one or two apparatus rope, hoop, ball
• 1946 - Mick Ronson, English musician (d. Mick Ronson (26 May 1946 &ndash 29 April 1993 was an English Guitarist, Composer, Multi-instrumentalist, Arranger and producer 1993)
• 1948 - Stevie Nicks, American songwriter
• 1949 - Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer and inventor
• 1949 - Pam Grier, American actress
• 1949 - Philip Michael Thomas, American actor
• 1949 - Hank Williams Jr., American singer
• 1951 - Sally Ride, American astronaut
• 1951 - Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician
• 1952 - David Meece, Christian musician
• 1953 - Michael Portillo, British politician
• 1954 - Alan Hollinghurst, British novelist
• 1954 - Danny Rolling, American murderer (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks (born on May 26 1948 in Phoenix Arizona) is an American Singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American Actress. Philip Michael Thomas (born May 26 1949) is an American Actor. Hank Williams Jr, (born Randall Hank Williams, May 26, 1949) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Musician Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26, 1951) is an American Physicist and a former NASA Astronaut who in 1983 became the first American Madeleine Taylor-Quinn (born 26 May 1951 is a Fine Gael politician Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Meece (born May 26, 1952) is a contemporary Christian Musician who enjoyed moderate success in the mid 80s throughout the 90s Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo (born 26 May 1953 is a British Journalist, broadcaster, former Conservative Party Politician and Cabinet Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Alan Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English Novelist and winner of the 2004 Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty Danny Harold Rolling ( May 26, 1954 &ndash October 25, 2006) also known as The Gainesville Ripper, was an American convicted 2006)
• 1955 - Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
• 1955 - Wesley Walker, American football player
• 1956 - Frédéric Dutoit, French politician
• 1957 - Margaret Colin, American actress
• 1957 - François Legault, French Canadian politician
• 1957 - Kristina Olsen, American musician
• 1957 - Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver
• 1957 - Pontso S.M. Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
• 1959 - Steve Hanley, English musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
• 1959 - Ole Bornedal, Danish film director, actor and producer
• 1960 - Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese racing driver
• 1960 - Rob Murphy, American baseball player
• 1961 - Tarsem Singh, Indian film director
• 1962 - Genie Francis, American actress
• 1962 - Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor
• 1962 - Colin Vearncombe, English singer,(Black)
• 1964 - Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American writer
• 1964 - Lenny Kravitz, American musician
• 1965 - Hazel Irvine, British television presenter
• 1966 - Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
• 1966 - Zola Budd, South African athlete
• 1967 - Phil Doyle, Australian writer
• 1968 - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
• 1968 - Pat Kenney, American professional wrestler
• 1968 - Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish film director
• 1968 - Steve Sedgley, English footballer
• 1969 - John Baird, Canadian politician
• 1969 - Musetta Vander, South African actress
• 1970 - Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist
• 1971 - Matt Stone, American television producer
• 1972 - Patsy Palmer, British actress
• 1974 - Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
• 1975 - Travis Lee, American baseball player
• 1976 - Justin Pierre, American singer (Motion City Soundtrack)
• 1977 - Mark Hunter, American musician (Chimaira)
• 1977 - Misaki Ito, Japanese actress
• 1977 - Luca Toni, Italian footballer
• 1978 - Phil Elverum, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 - Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
• 1979 - Mehmet Okur (Memo), Turkish basketball player
• 1979 - Ashley Massaro, American model and professional wrestler
• 1981 - Eda-Ines Etti, Estonian singer
• 1981 - Irini Merkouri, Greek singer
• 1982 - Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
• 1988 - Joel Selwood, Australian footballer
• 1991 - Julianna Rose Mauriello, American actress

Deaths

• 604 - Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 818 - Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) is a well-known Japanese chef best-known as the third Iron Chef Japanese on the TV cooking show Iron Chef, and an Iron Chef on its spinoff Iron Chef America Wesley Darcel Walker (born May 26, 1955 in San Bernardino California) is a former professional American football Wide receiver for Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frédéric Dutoit (born May 26, 1956 in Marseille) is a French Politician from the French Communist Party. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Margaret Colin (born May 26, 1957) is an American actress. Biography Career After graduating from Hofstra University François Legault (born May 26, 1957 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Quebec) is a politician in Quebec, Canada, and a member of the Kristina Olsen (born on May 26, 1957 in San Francisco California) is a contemporary folk Singer-songwriter, known for her sometimes Roberto Ravaglia (born May 26, 1957, in Venice, Italy) currently runs BMW 's Team Italy-Spain in the World Touring Pontso S M Sekatle (born 26 May 1957) is a politician and academic in Lesotho. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Steve Hanley (born 26 May, 1959) is an English musician based in Manchester. The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976 The Lovers are a British Punk rock band formed by Tom Hingley with Steve Hanley and Paul Hanley, both former members of The Fall Ole Bornedal (b 26 May 1959, Nørresundby, Denmark) is a Danish Film director, actor and producer Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Masahiro Matsunaga is a Japanese Race car driver born on May 26, 1960. Robert Albert (Rob Murphy (born May 26, 1960 in Miami Florida) is a former Relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tarsem Singh Dhandwar (born May 26, 1961) known professionally simply as "Tarsem" is an Indian director who has worked in film Music Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Genie Francis (born Eugenie Ann Francis on May 26, 1962 in Englewood New Jersey, USA is an American actress known for her portrayal of Laura Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait (born May 26 1962) is an American Comedian, actor screenwriter and film and television director Black is the musical vehicle for Singer/songwriter Colin Vearncombe (b Black is the musical vehicle for Singer/songwriter Colin Vearncombe (b Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan (born May 26, 1964 in Skerries Dublin, Ireland) is the author of many Science fiction and Dark Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American Singer-songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Record Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Hazel Irvine (born May 26 1965, St Andrews, Scotland) is a Television presenter from the United Kingdom. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966 is an Oscar and Golden Globe -nominated English actress. Zola Pieterse, still better known by her maiden name of Zola Budd (born 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State in Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Phil Doyle (born 1967 is an Australian writer, poet and journalist Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Education and military service His godparents include Prince Georg of Denmark Baron Maximilien de Watteville-Berckheim Count Etienne de Laborde de Monpezat Queen Anne-Marie Patrick Joseph Michael Kenney (born May 26 1968 in Wilmington Delaware) known also by his Stage name, Simon Diamond, is an Fernando León de Aranoa ( May 26 1968 in Madrid) is an award-winning Spanish Screenwriter and Film director. Stephen Philip Sedgley (born 26 May, 1968 in Enfield, London) is an English former professional footballer, currently coaching Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Russell Baird, PC, MP (born May 26 1969 is a Canadian politician Musetta Van Der Merwe (born May 26 1963) is an Actress and model. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese Mangaka, best known for his Samurai -themed series Rurouni Kenshin. Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Academy Award - nominated Emmy Award - winning American Animator Television is one of the major major mass media of the United States. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patsy Palmer (born Julie Harris on 26 May 1972 in Bethnal Green, London) is an English actress and Television personality Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Lars Frölander (born May 26, 1974 in Boden) is a Swedish Swimmer from the village of Ornäs in Borlänge. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Travis Lee (born on May 26, 1975 in San Diego California) is a former major league First baseman. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Justin Courtney Pierre (born May 26, 1976) is a Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist originally from Mahtomedi Minnesota Motion City Soundtrack is a rock band based in America. The band formed in Minneapolis Minnesota, in 1997 with only two of the founding members still Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Mark Hunter (born May 26, 1977) is the lead vocalist and songwriter for the metal band Chimaira. is a Japanese actress and model. Her real name is. Career In 1999 she became the Asahi Beer "image girl" and a model under Luca Toni Varchetta Delle Cave, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born May 26, 1977 in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena) is an Italian Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Phil Elverum (born Phil Elvrum May 26, 1978) is the sole permanent member of the Anacortes Washington -based Indie rock bands Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Elisabeth Rose Harnois (born May 26, 1979 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan) is a former Child actress and a television Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Mehmet Okur (born May 26 1979 in Yalova, Turkey) is a Turkish professional Basketball player who currently plays for Ashley Marie Massaro She was a contestant on the fifteenth season of Survivor in the People's Republic of China, but was the second contestant Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Eda-Ines Etti (born 26 May 1981 in Haapsalu) is a singer and celebrity in Estonia, also known to a wider international audience for Irini Merkouri ( Greek: Ειρήνη Μερκούρη; born in Ilion, Athens, on May 26 1981) is a Greek pop Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) is a Japanese gravure (or bikini idol from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Joel Anthony Selwood (born 26 May 1988 is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Julianna Rose Mauriello (born May 26 1991 is an American Actress. Events By Place Ancient Japan Prince Shotoku issues a Seventeen-article constitution. Augustine of Canterbury OSB (born c first third of the 6th century - died 26 May 604 was a Benedictine Monk who became the first Archbishop The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Events By Place Asia The State of Je falls to the Tang - Silla Alliance Ali ibn Musa al-Rida ( علي بن موسى الرضا) (Commonly known as Ali ar-Ridha Ali Reza (Eleventh of Dhu al-Qi'dah, 148 AH – Seventeenth of Imāmah (إمامة is the Shī‘ah doctrine of religious spiritual and political leadership of the Ummah. 766)
• 946 - King Edmund I of England (b. Events By Topic Religion November 16 — Nicetas is appointed Patriarch of Constantinople. Events By Place Europe Eadred I succeeds his brother as king of England. Edmund I (or Eadmund) 922 &ndash May 26 946) called the Elder, the Deed-Doer, the Just or the Magnificent 921)
• 1055 - Margrave Adalbert of Austria
• 1421 - Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. Events By Place Asia Ahmad ibn Fadlan is sent from Baghdad to the king of the Volga Bulgars, on behalf of the Adalbert the Victorious (died May 26, 1055 in Melk) was Margrave of Austria from 1018 until his death Mehmed I Çelebi ( Ottoman: چلبی محمد IMehmet or Çelebi Mehmet) (1389 May 26 1421 Edirne, Turkey) was a sultan of the The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1389)
• 1512 - Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan
• 1536 - Francesco Berni, Italian poet
• 1595 - Philip Neri, Italian churchman (b. Bayezid II (1447/48 May 26, 1512) ( Ottoman Turkish: بايزيد ثانى Bāyezīd-i sānī, Turkish: II The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with Francesco Berni (ca 1497 - May 26, 1536) was an Italian Poet. Poets who wrote in Italian (or Italian dialects A Antonio Abati Luigi Alamanni Aleardo St Philip Romolo Neri (Italian Filippo de Neri; also known as Apostle of Rome; July 22, 1515 – May 25, 1595 1515)
• 1647 - Alse Young, American "witch"
• 1648 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. Alse Young (sometimes cited as Achsah Young or Alice Young) (b Vincent Voiture ( 24 February 1597 - 26 May 1648) French Poet, was the son of a rich merchant of Amiens. 1597)
• 1653 - Robert Filmer, English writer (b. Sir Robert Filmer (1588 – 26 May 1653) was an English Political theorist. 1588)
• 1679 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. Ferdinand Maria Elector of Bavaria ( October 31, 1636 - May 26, 1679) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector 1636)
• 1685 - Karl II, Elector Palatine (b. Charles II (Karl II 31 March 1651, Heidelberg &ndash 26 May 1685, Heidelberg) was Elector Palatine from 1680 1651)
• 1703 - Samuel Pepys, English civil servant and diarist (b. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Samuel Pepys, FRS (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703 was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for See also Bureaucrat The term civil service has two distinct meanings Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis 1633)
• 1742 - Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. Year 1742 ( MDCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Pylyp Orlyk (Пилип Орлик (born on October 11, 1672 in Kosuta, Ashmyany county Vileyka district of modern day Belarus 1672)
• 1762 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ( July 17, 1714 &ndash May 26, 1762) was a German Philosopher. See also German philosophy This is a list of German-language Philosophers. 1714)
• 1799 - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a James Burnett Lord Monboddo ( October 25, 1714 - May 26, 1799) was a Scottish Judge, scholar of language evolution and 1714)
• 1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (ɡijɔtɛ̃ May 28, 1738 &ndash March 26, 1814) was a French Physician who proposed on October 1789)
• 1824 - Capel Lofft, English writer (b. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Capel Lofft ( November 14, 1751 - May 26, 1824) English lawyer minor political figure and miscellaneous Writer. 1751)
• 1831 - Ciro Menotti, Italian patriot (b. Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Ciro Menotti ( January 22, 1798 - May 23, 1831) was an Italian patriot 1798)
• 1840 - Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sir William Sidney Smith KCB ( 21 June 1764 &ndash 26 May 1840) usually known as Sir Sidney Smith, was the British 1764)
• 1881 - Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jakob Bernays ( September 11, 1824 - May 26, 1881) was a German Philologist and philosophical writer 1824)
• 1883 - Abd al-Qadir, Algerian political and military leader (b. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common `Abd al-Qādir al-Jazā'irī ( 6 September, 1808 - 26 May, 1883, in Arabic عبد القادر الجزائري was an 1808)
• 1883 - Edward Sabine, Irish astronomer (b. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year General Sir Edward Sabine KCB FRS ( October 14, 1788 &ndash May 26, 1883) was an Irish Astronomer 1788)
• 1902 - Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Almon Brown Strowger (1839 &ndash May 26 1902 gave his name to the electromechanical Telephone exchange technology that his invention and Patent inspired 1839)
• 1904 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette ( October 30 1857 in Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers near Poitou, France – 1857)
• 1907 - Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ida Saxton McKinley ( June 8, 1847 &ndash May 26, 1907) wife of William McKinley, was First Lady of the United States First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. 1847)
• 1908 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam (b. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Mirza Ghulām Ahmad of Qadian ( ميرزا غلام احمد) ( February 13, 1835 – May 26, 1908 CE Shawal 14 1250 – Ahmadiyya ( احمدیہ Ahmadiyya) is a movement that arose out of mainstream Islam towards the end of the 19th century 1835)
• 1924 - Victor Herbert, Irish composer (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Victor August Herbert ( February 1 1859 &ndash May 26 1924) was a Cellist, conductor and Composer best known 1859)
• 1926 - Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Symon Vasylyovych Petliura (Симон Васильович Петлюра also known as Simon Petlyura; May 10, 1879 – May 25, The territory of Ukraine was a key centre of East Slavic culture in the Middle Ages, before being divided between a variety of powers 1879)
• 1933 - Horatio Bottomley, British financier and politician (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Horatio William Bottomley ( 23 March 1860 &ndash 26 May 1933) was a British financier Swindler, Journalist, Newspaper 1860)
• 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, American singer (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Jimmie Rodgers ( September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) an early purveyor of Delta blues, known as "The Singing Brakeman" 1897)
• 1939 - Charles Horace Mayo, American medical practitioner (Mayo Clinic) (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Horace Mayo ( July 19, 1865 &ndash May 26, 1939) was an American medical practitioner and was one of the founders Mayo Clinic is a Non-profit medical practice Its headquarters the Mayo Medical School and its research facilities are in Rochester Minnesota in 1865)
• 1943 - Edsel Ford, American automobile executive (b. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edsel Bryant Ford ( November 6, 1893 &ndash May 26, 1943) son of Henry Ford, was born in Detroit. 1893)
• 1948 - Theodore Morell, Hitler's personal physician (b. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Theodor (Theo Gilbert Morell ( July 22 1886 &ndash May 26 1948) was German dictator Adolf Hitler 's personal Physician 1886)
• 1951 - Lincoln Ellsworth, American scientist (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12 1880 - May 26 1951 was a explorer from the United States. 1880)
• 1954 - Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Lionel Pretoria Conacher, MP ( May 24, 1900 – May 26, 1954 nicknamed "The Big Train", was Canada 's top all-around 1900)
• 1955 - Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver and two-time F1 world champion (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Alberto Ascari ( July 13, 1918 &ndash May 26, 1955) was an Italian Racing driver and twice Formula One The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA) to the most successful Formula One 1918)
• 1968 - Little Willie John, American singer (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Little Willie John ( November 15, 1937 – May 26, 1968) was an American R&B singer of the 1950s and early 1960s best known for 1937)
• 1969 - Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Hawkins (born October 12 1937 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia &ndash died May 26 1969 at Oulton 1937)
• 1969 - Allan H. Loughead, American aviation pioneer (Lockheed Corporation; b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Allan Haines Loughead ( January 20, 1889 &ndash May 26, 1969) later changed to Allan Haines Lockheed, formed the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane The Lockheed Corporation (originally Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company was an American aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta 1889)
• 1974 - Silvio Moser, Swiss racing driver (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Silvio Moser (born in Zürich, April 24, 1941 &ndash died in Locarno, May 26, 1974) was a Racing driver from 1941)
• 1976 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin Heidegger ( September 26, 1889 &ndash May 26, 1976) (ˈmaɐ̯tiːn ˈhaɪ̯dɛgɐ was an influential German philosopher 1889)
• 1976 - Juan Maino, Chilean leader of MAPU, "disappeared"
• 1977 - William Powell, American singer (The O'Jays) (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Juan Bosco Maino Canales (died 1976? was a Photographer, political activist and opponent of Augusto Pinochet 's regime in Chile. The Popular Unitary Action Movement or MAPU ( Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario) is a small leftist Political party in Chile. A forced disappearance occurs when an organization forces a person to vanish from Public view either by Murder or by simple Sequestration. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The O'Jays are a Philadelphia soul group originally consisting of Walter Williams (born August 25, 1942) Bill Isles Bobby Massey William Powell The O'Jays are a Philadelphia soul group originally consisting of Walter Williams (born August 25, 1942) Bill Isles Bobby Massey William Powell 1942)
• 1978 - Cybele, Greek actress (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Cybele (Κυβέλη (1887 – 26 May 1978) was the stage name of the famous Greek actress Cybele Andrianou (Κυβέλη Ανδριανού 1887)
• 1979 - George Brent, British actor (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) George Brent ( March 15 1899 - May 26 1979) was an Irish film and television Actor in American cinema. 1899)
• 1989 - Don Revie, Former footballer and England and Leeds United Manager (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Donald George 'Don' Revie, OBE, ( 10 July 1927 - 26 May 1989) was a football player for Leicester City, 1927)
• 1999 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Paul Sacher ( 28 April 1906 &ndash 26 May 1999) was a Swiss conductor, Patron and Impresario. 1906)
• 1999 - Waldo Semon, American inventor (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Waldo Lonsbury Semon ( September 10, 1898 &ndash May 26, 1999) was a renowned American inventor born in. 1898)
• 2001 - Vittorio Brambilla, Italian racing driver (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Vittorio Brambilla ( November 11 1937 - May 26 2001) was a Formula One driver from Italy who raced for the March 1937)
• 2001 - Anne Haney, American actress (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anne Haney ( March 4, 1934 – May 26, 2001) was an American actress, perhaps best known for her role as social worker Mrs 1934)
• 2001 - Moven Enock Mahachi, Defence Minister of Zimbabwe (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Moven Enock Mahachi (1952 - 2001 served as the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Zimbabwe. A defence minister (or defense minister) is a Cabinet position which regulates the Armed forces in some sovereign nations See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election 1952)
• 2002 - Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Degaga ("Mamo" Wolde ( June 12, 1932 &ndash May 26, 2002) was an Ethiopian long distance track and Road 1932)
• 2003 - Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Kathleen Winsor ( October 16, 1919 - May 26, 2003) was an American author best known for the Romance novel Forever 1919)
• 2004 - Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Nikolay Stepanovich Chernykh (Николай Степанович Черных ( October 6 1931 – May 26, 2004) was a Soviet and 1931)
• 2004 - Dullah Omar, South African lawyer (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Abdullah Mohamed Omar ( May 26 1934 - March 13 2004) better known as Dullah Omar was a South African anti- Apartheid 1934)
• 2005 - Eddie Albert, American actor (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Albert Heimberger ( April 22, 1906 &ndash May 26, 2005) better known as Eddie Albert, was an American Actor 1906)
• 2005 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Alfonso (Chico Carrasquel Colón ( January 23 1928 &ndash May 26 2005) was a Venezuelan Shortstop in Major League 1928)
• 2006 - Édouard Michelin, CEO of Michelin (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Édouard Michelin ( August 13, 1963 – May 26, 2006) was managing partner and co-chief executive of the Michelin Group Michelin (full name SCA Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) ( based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne Région 1963)
• 2006 - Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (b. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kevin Patrick O'Flanagan (born June 10 1919, Dublin, Ireland; died Dublin, Republic of Ireland, May 26 1919)
• 2007 - J Edward Oliver, cartoonist and composer (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Jack Edward Oliver ( 19 June 1942 &ndash 26 May 2007) was a British Cartoonist. 1942)
• 2008 - Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Sydney Irwin Pollack ( July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American Film director, producer and Actor. 1934)

Holidays and observances

• Australia - National Sorry Day
• Poland - Mother's Day
• Georgia - National Day

in the Roman Catholic Church:

• Saint Augustine of Canterbury
• Saint Lambert (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The National Sorry Day is an Australian event held each year on 26 May since 1998. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Mother's Day is a day honoring Mothers celebrated on various days in many places around the world Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between The National Day is a designated date on which celebrations mark the Nationhood of a Nation or non-sovereign Country. Augustine of Canterbury OSB (born c first third of the 6th century - died 26 May 604 was a Benedictine Monk who became the first Archbishop Saint Lambert or Landebertus (c 636 - c 700 was the Bishop of Maastricht ( Tongeren) from about 670 until his death 1154)
• Saint Philip Neri (died 1595)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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St Philip Romolo Neri (Italian Filippo de Neri; also known as Apostle of Rome; July 22, 1515 – May 25, 1595

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