May 26
Appearance
May 26is the 146th day of the year (147th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar.There are 219 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events[change|change source]
Up to 1900[change|change source]
- 17–Germanicusreturns toRomeas a conquering hero following severalbattlevictories overGermanictribes.
- 946– KingEdmund I of Englandismurdereredby a thief he personally attacks during mass.
- 1135-Alfonso VII of Spainis crowned.
- 1293- Anearthquakein Kamakura,Kanagawa,Japan,kills 30,000 people.
- 1538–GenevaexpelsJohn Calvinand his followers from thecity.
- 1573- TheBattle of Haarlemmermeertakes place, as anavalbattlein theDutch War of Independence.
- 1644–Portuguese Restoration War:Battle of Montijo-PortugueseandSpanishforces both claim victory.
- 1647–Alse Youngis hanged inHartford, Connecticut.This is the first "witchcraft"execution in the British American colonies.
- 1659– The "Great Fire" destroys more than half of the city ofStade.
- 1770- The Orlov Revolt, an attempt torevoltagainst theOttoman Empire,ends in disaster for theGreeks.
- 1805–Napoleon Bonaparteassumes the title ofKingofItaly.
- 1822– The GrueChurchfireinNorwaykills 116 people.
- 1828– FeralchildKaspar Hauseris discovered walking aroundNuremberg.To thisday,his early days remain a mystery.
- 1830– TheIndian Removal Actis passed by theUnited States Congress,and is signed by PresidentAndrew Jacksontwo days later.
- 1864–Montanais organised as aUSterritory.
- 1865–American Civil War:Edmund Kirby Smithbecomes the lastConfederategeneral to surrender.
- 1868– End of the impeachment trial of US PresidentAndrew Johnson.
- 1869–Boston Universityis chartered byMassachusetts.
- 1879–Russiaand theUnited Kingdomsign theTreaty of Gandamak,establishing anAfghanstate.
- 1896-Nicholas II of RussiabecomesTsar.
- 1896–Charles Dowpublishes the first edition of theDow Jones Industrial Average.
- 1897– ThenovelDraculabyBram Stokeris published.
1901 – 2000[change|change source]
- 1906– TheVauxhall BridgeinLondonis opened.
- 1908- The first commercialoilstrike in theMiddle Eastis made at Masjed Soleyman in what is then known asPersia.
- 1917- Severaltornadoesoccur inIllinois,including the city ofMattoon,killing 101.
- 1918–Georgia(country) declares independence.
- 1923- The first 24-hour motorcar raceatLe Mans,France,takes place.
- 1938- In theUnited States,theHouse of Un-American Activities Committeebegins its first session.
- 1940–World War II:Battle of Dunkirk- Allied forces begin a massive evacuation fromDunkirk,France.
- 1942-World War II:TheBattle of Gazalatakes place.
- 1966–Guyanagains independence (separates) from theUnited Kingdom.
- 1969–Apollo 10returns toEarth.
- 1971– ThePakistan Armymassacres over 70HindusinSylhet,present-dayBangladesh.
- 1972–Willandra National ParkinAustraliais created.
- 1972- TheUnited StatesandSoviet Unionsign theAnti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- 1977–George Willigclimbs theSouth Towerof theWorld Trade CenterinNew York City.
- 1981–Prime MinisterofItalyArnaldo Forlaniand his cabinet resign.
- 1981- An EA-6B Prowler crashes on theflightcarrierUSSNimitz(CVN-68),killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45.
- 1983– A magnitude 7.7earthquakestrikesJapan.
- 1986– The European Community adopts theEuropeanflag.
- 1991–Zviad GamsakhurdiabecomesPresidentofGeorgia.
- 1991–Lauda AirFlight 004, aBoeing 767plane, crashes inBangkok,killing 223 people.
- 1992– The blockade ofDubrovnikis broken.
- 1998– TheUnited States Supreme Courtrules thatEllis Islandis mainly inNew Jersey,notNew York.
From 2001[change|change source]
- 2002- The tugboatRobert Y. Lovecollides with the supportpierofInterstate 40on theArkansas Rivernear Webbers Falls,Oklahoma,killing 14 people and injuring 11.
- 2004– US Army veteranTerry Nicholsis found guilty of helping carry out theOklahoma Citybombing.
- 2008- Severefloodingbegins in Eastern and SouthernChina.The floods go on to kill 148 people and lead to theevacuationof 1.3 million.
- 2011– Wanted onwar crimescharges,Ratko Mladicis captured inSerbia.
- 2012–Loreenwins theEurovision Song Contest 2012forSwedeninBaku,Azerbaijan.
- 2014-Narendra ModibecomesPrime Minister of India.
- 2017- Militants carry out a shooting at a bus carryingCopticChristians in centralEgypt,killing 28 people.
- 2018-Real Madrid C.F.defeatLiverpool F.C.3-1 in theUEFA Champions Leaguefinal, winning the competition for the third time in-a-row, and meaning thatMadrid-based teams have won both major European club trophies in the season.
- 2019- The 2019 elections to theEuropean Parliamentare completed; Far-right and Green political parties increase their number of seats.
Births[change|change source]
Up to 1900[change|change source]
- 1264–Prince Koreyasu,Japaneseshogun(d.1326)
- 1478–Pope Clement VII(d.1554)
- 1566–Mehmed III,OttomanSultan(d.1603)
- 1602–Philippe de Champaigne,French painter (d.1674)
- 1623-William Petty,Englisheconomistandphilosopher(d.1687)
- 1650–John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough,British general (d.1722)
- 1667-Abraham de Moivre,Frenchmathematician(d.1754)
- 1689-Lady Mary Wortley Montagu,English writer (d.1762)
- 1700–Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf,German religious and social reformer (d.1760)
- 1764-Edward Livingston,United States Secretary of State(d.1836)
- 1810-Christen Kobke,Danish painter (d.1848)
- 1822-Edmond de Goncourt,French author and critic (d.1896)
- 1826-Richard Christopher Carrington,Englishastronomer(d.1875)
- 1863-Bob Fitzsimmons,English-New Zealand boxer (d.1917)
- 1867–Mary of Teck,Queen Consort to KingGeorge V of the United Kingdom(d.1953)
- 1873–Olaf Gulbransson,Norwegian artist (d.1958)
- 1873-Hans Ludendorff,Germanastronomerand astrophysicist (d.1941)
- 1878–Thomas H. Moodie,GovernorofNorth Dakota(d.1948)
- 1880-W. Otto Miessner,American composer and educator (d.1967)
- 1881-Adolfo de la Huerta,PresidentofMexico(d.1955)
- 1882–Frank C. Emerson,GovernorofWyoming(d.1931)
- 1883–Mamie Smith,American singer (d.1946)
- 1883–Peter Kürten,German serial killer (d.1931)
- 1886–Al Jolson,American singer (d.1950)
- 1887-Ba U,2ndPresidentofBurma(d.1963)
- 1893-Eugene Aynsley Goossens,Englishconductorandcomposer(d.1962)
- 1895–Dorothea Lange,American photographer (d.1965)
- 1895–Paul Lukas,Hungarian actor (d.1971)
- 1898–Christfried Burmeister,Estonian speed skater (d.1965)
- 1899-Antoine Barrette,18thPremierofQuebec(d.1968)
1901 – 1950[change|change source]
- 1904–George Formby,British musician (d.1961)
- 1904-Vlado Perlemuter,Lithuanian-born Frenchpianistandteacher(d.2002)
- 1906-Márcio Melo,Brazilian military officer and politician (d.1991)
- 1907–John Wayne,American actor (d.1979)
- 1908–Robert Morley,English actor (d.1992)
- 1908-Nguyen Ngoc Tho,Vietnamese politician (d.1976)
- 1909–Matt Busby,Scottish football player and manager (d.1994)
- 1909–Adolfo Lopez Mateos,Mexican politician (d.1992)
- 1910-Imi Lichtenfeld,Hungarian-Israeli martial artist (d.1998)
- 1910-Laurance Rockefeller,American billionaire (d.2004)
- 1911-Henry Ephron,Americanplaywright,screenwriterandproducer(d.1992)
- 1912–János Kádár,Hungarian politician (d.1989)
- 1912-Jay Silverheels,Canadian-American actor (d.1980)
- 1913–Peter Cushing,English actor (d.1994)
- 1916–Moondog,American musician, composer and poet (d.1999)
- 1917–Eva Szorenyi,Hungarian actress and activist (d.2009)
- 1919–Ruben Gonzalez,Cuban musician (d.2003)
- 1920–Peggy Lee,American singer and actress (d.2002)
- 1921-Inge Borkh,Germansoprano(d.2018)
- 1921-Walter Laqueur,German-Americanhistorianand publicist (d.2018)
- 1923–James Arness,American actor (d.2011)
- 1923-Roy Dotrice,British actor (d.2017)
- 1923–Horst Tappert,German actor (d.2008)
- 1925-Alec McCowen,English actor (d.2017)
- 1926-Miles Davis,Americantrumpeter,composerandbandleader(d.1991)
- 1928–Jack Kevorkian,Americanassisted suicideadvocate (d.2011)
- 1929-Catherine Sauvage,Frenchsingerandactress(d.1998)
- 1933-Edward Whittemore,Americanauthor(d.1995)
- 1936-Beth Whittall,Canadian swimmer (d.2015)
- 1936-David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate,Englishpolitician
- 1937–Paul Patton,formerGovernorof the U.S. state ofKentucky
- 1938–Lyudmila Petrushevskaya,Russian writer, writer and playwright
- 1939–Merab Kostava,Georgian activist (d.1989)
- 1939-Herb Trimpe,Americancomicbookartistandwriter(d.2015)
- 1940–Levon Helm,American musician and actor (d.2012)
- 1941–Aldrich Ames,CIAcounter-intelligence officer
- 1941-Jim Dobbin,Scottish politician (d.2014)
- 1944–Sam Posey,American racing driver, TV commentator and writer
- 1945-René Féret,Frenchactor,screenwriter,directorandproducer(d.2015)
- 1945-Garry Peterson,Canadian drummer
- 1945-Vilasrao Deshmukh,Indian politician, 17thChief MinisterofMaharashtra(d.2012)
- 1946–Mick Ronson,English guitarist (d.1993)
- 1946-Simon Hoggart,Englishjournalist(d.2014)
- 1948–Stevie Nicks,American songwriter
- 1949-Jeremy Corbyn,British politician, leader of theLabour Party
- 1949–Ward Cunningham,Americancomputer programmer
- 1949-Pam Grier,American actress
- 1949-Anne McGuire,Scottish politician
- 1949-Hank Williams, Jr.,Americansinger-songwriterandguitarist
1951 – 1975[change|change source]
- 1951–Sally Ride,Americanastronautandphysicist(d.2012)
- 1951-Ramón Calderón,SpanishlawyerandPresidentofReal Madrid
- 1953–Michael Portillo,British politician
- 1954-Alan Hollinghurst,British writer
- 1955-Masaharu Morimoto,Japanesechef
- 1956–Lisa Niemi,American actress
- 1956-Ricky Sbragia,Scottishfootballerand manager
- 1957-Diomedes Díaz,Colombian singer and composer (d.2013)
- 1958-Howard Goodall,English composer
- 1959-Ole Bornedal,Norwegianactor,directorandproducer
- 1961-Tarsem Singh,Indian-Americandirector
- 1962–Bobcat Goldthwait,American actor and comedian
- 1962-Black,Englishsinger-songwriter(d.2016)
- 1963-Simon Armitage,Englishauthor,poetandplaywright
- 1963-Mary Nightingale,English news presenter
- 1964-Valery Salov,Russianchessplayer
- 1964–Lenny Kravitz,American singer
- 1964-Paul Okalik,Canadian politician, 1stPremierofNunavut
- 1964-Caitlin R. Kiernan,Irish-Americanpaleontologistandauthor
- 1965-Hazel Irvine,Scottishtelevisionpresenter
- 1966–Helena Bonham Carter,English actress
- 1966–Zola Budd,South African athlete
- 1966-Shona Robison,Scottish politician
- 1968– Crown PrinceFrederik of Denmark
- 1968-Pat Kenney,Americanbaseballplayer, wrestler and agent
- 1969-John Baird,Canadian politician
- 1970-Nobuhiro Watsuki,Japanesemangaka
- 1971–Matt Stone,Americananimatorandmoviemaker
- 1971–Ivan O. Godfroid,writer
- 1972–Patsy Palmer,English actress
- 1972-Alan White,English drummer
- 1975–Travis Lee,Americanbaseballplayer
- 1975-Nicki Lynn Aycox,American actress
- 1975-Kwasi Kwarteng,British politician
From 1976[change|change source]
- 1977–Luca Toni,Italianfootballer
- 1977–Nikos Hatzivrettas,Greekbasketballplayer
- 1977-Mark Hunter,American musician
- 1978-Dan Parks,Australian-Scottishrugbyplayer
- 1978-Jaheim,American singer
- 1979-Amanda Bauer,Americanastronomer
- 1979-Elisabeth Harnois,American actress
- 1979-Ashley Massaro,Americanprofessional wrestler,television host and model (d.2019)
- 1979–Mehmet Okur,Turkishbasketballplayer
- 1981–Eda-Ines Etti,Estonian singer
- 1981–Jason Manford,English comedian
- 1981–Irini Merkouri,Greek singer
- 1981-Razvan Rat,Romanianfootballer
- 1981-Ben Zobrist,Americanbaseballplayer
- 1983-Demy de Zeeuw,Dutchfootballer
- 1986-Astrid Berges-Frisbey,Spanish-French actress
- 1986-Matt Oivanen,Finnishvolleyballplayer
- 1987-Josh Thomas,Australian comedian, actor and writer
- 1988-Juan Guillermo Cuadrado,Colombianfootballer
- 1989-Tomas Pekhart,Czechfootballer
- 1989-Amit Farkash,Canadian-Israeli actress
- 1991-Amber Bondin,Maltese singer
- 1991–Julianna Rose Mauriello,American actress and dancer
- 1999-Kerry Ingram,English actress
- 2001-Megan Charpentier,Canadian actress
Deaths[change|change source]
Up to 1900[change|change source]
- 451– SaintVartan Mamikonian,Armenianwarrior
- 604–Augustine of Canterbury,Archbishop of Canterbury
- 735-Bede,Englishmonk,historianandtheologian(b.672)
- 818–Ali ar-Rida,Shia Imam (b.766)
- 946– KingEdmund I of England(b.921)
- 1055– MargraveAdalbert of Austria
- 1421–Mehmed I,Ottoman Sultan(b.1389)
- 1512–Bayezid II,Ottoman Sultan
- 1536–Francesco Berni,Italian poet
- 1595–Philip Neri,Italian churchman (b.1515)
- 1647-Alse Young,American woman executed forwitchcraft(b.1600)
- 1648–Vincent Voiture,French poet (b.1597)
- 1653–Robert Filmer,English writer (b.1588)
- 1679–Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria(b.1636)
- 1685–Karl II, Elector Palatine(b.1651)
- 1703–Samuel Pepys,English civil servant and diarist (b.1633)
- 1742-Pylyp Orlyk,Ukrainiandiplomat(b.1672)
- 1762–Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten,German philosopher (b.1714)
- 1799–James Burnett, Lord Monboddo,Scottish judge (b.1714)
- 1824–Capel Lofft,English writer (b.1751)
- 1828-John Oxley,British officer and explorer (b.1785)
- 1831-Ciro Menotti,Italian patriot (b.1798)
- 1840–Sidney Smith,British admiral (b.1764)
- 1845-Jónas Hallgrímsson,Icelandic poet (b.1807)
- 1881–Jakob Bernays,German philologist (b.1824)
- 1883–Edward Sabine,Irish astronomer (b.1788)
- 1883–Abd al-Qadir,Algerian political and military leader (b.1808)
- 1888-Ascanio Sobrero,Italianchemist(b.1812)
- 1895-Ahmet Cevdet Pasha,Ottomanstatesman(b.1822)
1901 – 2000[change|change source]
- 1902–Almon Strowger,American inventor (b.1839)
- 1904–Georges Gilles de la Tourette,French neurologist (b.1857)
- 1907–Ida Saxton McKinley,First Lady of the United States(b.1847)
- 1908–Mirza Ghulam Ahmad,Punjabi founder of theQadianism(b.1839)
- 1914-Jacob August Riis,Danish-Americanjournalist,photographerandreformer(b.1849)
- 1924–Victor Herbert,Irish composer (b.1859)
- 1926–Simon Petlyura,Ukrainian independence fighter (b.1879)
- 1933–Horatio Bottomley,British financier and politician (b.1860)
- 1933–Jimmie Rodgers,American singer (b.1897)
- 1939–Charles Horace Mayo,American medical practitioner (Mayo Clinic) (b.1865)
- 1943–Edsel Ford,American automobile executive (b.1893)
- 1943-Alice Tegnér,Swedish composer, organist and educator (b.1864)
- 1948–Theodore Morell,Hitler's personal physician (b.1886)
- 1951–Lincoln Ellsworth,American scientist and polar explorer (b.1880)
- 1954–Lionel Conacher,Canadian athlete (b.1900)
- 1955–Alberto Ascari,Italian race car driver (b.1918)
- 1968–Little Willie John,AmericanR&Bsinger (b.1937)
- 1969–Paul Hawkins,Australian racing driver (b.1937)
- 1969-Allan Haines Loughead,Americanaviationpioneer andengineer(b.1889)
- 1974–Silvio Moser,Swiss racing driver (b.1941)
- 1976–Martin Heidegger,German philosopher (b.1889)
- 1979–George Brent,British actor (b.1899)
- 1989-Don Revie,Englishfootballerand manager (b.1927)
- 1995–Friz Freleng,American animator (b.1905)
- 1999–Paul Sacher,Swiss conductor (b.1906)
- 1999–Waldo Semon,American inventor (b.1898)
From 2001[change|change source]
- 2001–Vittorio Brambilla,Italian racing driver (b.1937)
- 2001-Roger Brocksom,Englishengineerandsoldier(b.1919)
- 2001-Anne Haney,American actress (b.1934)
- 2002–Mamo Wolde,Ethiopian runner (b.1932)
- 2003–Kathleen Winsor,American writer (b.1919)
- 2004–Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh,Russian astronomer (b.1931)
- 2004–Dullah Omar,South African lawyer and politician (b.1934)
- 2005–Eddie Albert,American actor (b.1906)
- 2005–Chico Carrasquel,VenezuelanMajor League Baseballplayer (b.1928)
- 2005-Krzysztof Nowak,Polishfootballer(b.1975)
- 2005-Sangoulé Lamizana,PresidentofBurkina Faso(b.1916)
- 2006–Édouard Michelin,CEO ofMichelin(b.1963)
- 2006–C. H. Patterson,American psychologist (b.1912)
- 2008–Sydney Pollack,American actor (b.1934)
- 2013-Jack Vance,Americanmystery,fantasyandscience fictionwriter (b.1916)
- 2014-Manuel Uribe,Mexican computer repairman, was once the world's heaviest man (b.1965)
- 2015-Vicente Aranda,Spanishmovie director(b.1926)
- 2015-Les Johnson,Australianpolitician(b.1924)
- 2015-Dayton Waller,American politician (b.1925)
- 2015-Rocky Frisco,Americanpianist(b.1937)
- 2015-Bob Hornery,Australian actor (b.1931)
- 2015-Robert Craft,Americanastronomer(b.1927)
- 2016-Kazimierz Barburski,Polishfencer(b.1942)
- 2016-Loris Francesco Capovilla,Italiancardinal(b.1915)
- 2016-Ted Dumitru,Romanian football manager (b.1939)
- 2016-Hedy Epstein,German-AmericanHolocaustsurvivor andactivist(b.1924)
- 2016-Angela Paton,American actress (b.1930)
- 2016-Arturo Pomar,Spanishchessplayer (b.1931)
- 2016-Bob Williams,American football player (b.1930)
- 2017-Toni Bertorelli,Italian actor (b.1948)
- 2017-Laura Biagiotti,Italian fashion designer (b.1943)
- 2017-Zbigniew Brzezinski,Polish-American political scientist and diplomat (b.1928)
- 2017-Jim Bunning,Americanbaseballplayer and politician (b.1931)
- 2018-Alan Bean,Americanastronaut(b.1932)
- 2018-Pierre Bellemare,French television presenter, actor and radio personality (b.1929)
- 2018-Ted Dabney,American electrical engineer (b.1937)
- 2018-Roger Piantoni,Frenchfootballer(b.1931)
- 2018-Svetlin Rusev,Bulgarian artist (b.1933)
- 2018-Antonio Pujía,Italian-Argentine sculptor (b.1929)
- 2019-Abdel Latif El Zein,Lebanese politician (b.1932)
- 2019-Harry Hood,Scottishfootballer(b.1944)
- 2019-Ibrahim Lame,Nigerian educator and politician (b.1953)
- 2019-Bart Starr,American football player and coach (b.1934)
- 2019-Stephen Thorne,British actor (b.1935)
- 2019-Prem Tinsulanonda,Prime ministerand Regent ofThailand(b.1920)
- 2019-Vittorio Zucconi,Italian-American journalist and writer (b.1944)