May, 26th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 26, 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.

Monday 26, 2003:
Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes. The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year.

Sunday 26, 2002:
Álvaro Uribe becomes President of Colombia.

Sunday 26, 1991:
Lauda Air Flight 004 explodes over rural Thailand, killing 223.

Monday 26, 1986:
The European Community adopts the European flag.

Friday 26, 1978:
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens.

Thursday 26, 1977:
George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center.

Friday 26, 1972:
The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

Tuesday 26, 1970:
The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.

Monday 26, 1969:
John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their second Bed-In for Peace at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Thursday 26, 1966:
British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.

Sunday 26, 1963:
The Organisation of African Unity is formed.

Wednesday 26, 1948:
The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 557 which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.

Sunday 26, 1940:
World War II: Battle of Dunkirk – In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk.

Thursday 26, 1938:
The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.

Sunday 26, 1918:
The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.

Tuesday 26, 1908:
At Masjid-al-Salaman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.

Saturday 26, 1906:
Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.

Wednesday 26, 1897:
Bram Stoker's novel Dracula goes on sale in London.

Tuesday 26, 1896:
James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California.

Sunday 26, 1889:
Opening of the first Eiffel Tower elevator to the public

Monday 26, 1879:
Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.

Tuesday 26, 1868:
The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.

Friday 26, 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.

Thursday 26, 1864:
Montana is organized as a United States territory.

Wednesday 26, 1830:
The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later.

Monday 26, 1828:
Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.

Sunday 26, 1805:
Napoléon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) 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.

Saturday 26, 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. 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.

Monday 26, 1670:
In Dover, King Charles II of England and King Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover.

Tuesday 26, 1637:
Pequot War: A combined Puritan and Mohegan force under English Captain John Mason attacks a Pequot village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Native Americans.

Thursday 26, 1538:
Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.

Wednesday 26, 1328:
William of Ockham, Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena, and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a sentence of death from Pope John XXII.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 26

1991:
Dan Smith, Image Editor (b: May 26, 1991) (Biography of Dan Smith)

1982:
Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model (b: May 26, 1982) (Biography of Yoko Matsugane)

1971:
Matt Stone, American television producer (b: May 26, 1971) (Biography of Matt Stone)

1970:
Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist (b: May 26, 1970) (Biography of Nobuhiro Watsuki)

1968:
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (b: May 26, 1968) (Biography of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark)

1966:
Helena Bonham Carter, English actress (b: May 26, 1966) (Biography of Helena Bonham Carter)

1964:
Lenny Kravitz, American guitarist and singer (b: May 26, 1964) (Biography of Lenny Kravitz)

1962:
Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor and comedian (b: May 26, 1962) (Biography of Bobcat Goldthwait)

1957:
Margaret Colin, American actress (b: May 26, 1957) (Biography of Margaret Colin)

1955:
Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef (b: May 26, 1955) (Biography of Masaharu Morimoto)

1954:
Alan Hollinghurst, British novelist (b: May 26, 1954) (Biography of Alan Hollinghurst)

1953:
Michael Portillo, British politician (b: May 26, 1953) (Biography of Michael Portillo)

1951:
Sally Ride, astronaut (b: May 26, 1951) (Biography of Sally Ride)

1949:
Philip Michael Thomas, American actor (b: May 26, 1949) (Biography of Philip Michael Thomas)
Hank Williams Jr., American singer (b: May 26, 1949) (Biography of Hank Williams Jr.)
Ward Cunningham, American inventor (b: May 26, 1949) (Biography of Ward Cunningham)

1948:
Stevie Nicks, American songwriter and actress (b: May 26, 1948) (Biography of Stevie Nicks)

1946:
Mick Ronson, English guitarist (b: May 26, 1946 ; d: April 29, 1993) (Biography of Mick Ronson)

1942:
Levon Helm, American musician (The Band) (b: May 26, 1942) (Biography of Levon Helm)

1941:
Cliff Drysdale, South African-born tennis player (b: May 26, 1941) (Biography of Cliff Drysdale)

1939:
Brent Musburger, American sports broadcaster (b: May 26, 1939) (Biography of Brent Musburger)

1938:
William Bolcom, American composer (b: May 26, 1938) (Biography of William Bolcom)
Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano (b: May 26, 1938) (Biography of Teresa Stratas)

1928:
Jack Kevorkian, American physician (b: May 26, 1928) (Biography of Jack Kevorkian)

1926:
Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter and composer (b: May 26, 1926 ; d: September 28, 1991) (Biography of Miles Davis)

1923:
James Arness, American actor (b: May 26, 1923) (Biography of James Arness)
Roy Dotrice, British actor (b: May 26, 1923) (Biography of Roy Dotrice)

1920:
Peggy Lee, American singer (b: May 26, 1920 ; d: January 21, 2002) (Biography of Peggy Lee)

1915:
Sam Edwards, American actor (b: May 26, 1915 ; d: July 28, 2004) (Biography of Sam Edwards)
Antonia Forest, British children's author (b: May 26, 1915 ; d: November 28, 2003) (Biography of Antonia Forest)

1913:
Peter Cushing, English actor (b: May 26, 1913) (Biography of Peter Cushing)

1911:
Ben Alexander, American actor (b: May 26, 1911) (Biography of Ben Alexander)

1908:
Robert Morley, English actor (b: May 26, 1908) (Biography of Robert Morley)

1907:
John Wayne, American actor (b: May 26, 1907 ; d: June 11, 1979) (Biography of John Wayne)

1895:
Dorothea Lange, American photographer (b: May 26, 1895 ; d: October 11, 1965) (Biography of Dorothea Lange)

1893:
Norma Talmadge, American actress (b: May 26, 1893 ; d: December 24, 1957) (Biography of Norma Talmadge)

1887:
Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (b: May 26, 1887 ; d: August 15, 1971) (Biography of Paul Lukas)

1886:
Al Jolson, American singer (b: May 26, 1886 ; d: October 23, 1950) (Biography of Al Jolson)

1867:
Mary of Teck, queen of George V of the United Kingdom (b: May 26, 1867 ; d: March 24, 1953) (Biography of Mary of Teck)

1865:
Robert W. Chambers, American artist (b: May 26, 1865) (Biography of Robert W. Chambers)

1822:
Edmond de Goncourt, French writer (b: May 26, 1822) (Biography of Edmond de Goncourt)

1799:
Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author (b: May 26, 1799 ; d: February 10, 1837) (Biography of Aleksandr Pushkin)

1764:
Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (b: May 26, 1764) (Biography of Edward Livingston)

1700:
Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (b: May 26, 1700 ; d: May 9, 1760) (Biography of Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf)

1689:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b: May 26, 1689 ; d: August 21, 1762) (Biography of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu)

1669:
Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b: May 26, 1669 ; d: May 20, 1722) (Biography of Sébastien Vaillant)

1667:
Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b: May 26, 1667 ; d: November 27, 1754) (Biography of Abraham de Moivre)

1650:
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, British general (b: May 26, 1650 ; d: June 16, 1722) (Biography of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough)

1602:
Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b: May 26, 1602 ; d: August 12, 1674) (Biography of Philippe de Champaigne)

1566:
Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (b: May 26, 1566 ; d: December 22, 1603) (Biography of Mehmed III)

1478:
Pope Clement VII (b: May 26, 1478 ; d: September 25, 1534) (Biography of Pope Clement VII)

1264:
Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b: May 26, 1264 ; d: November 25, 1326) (Biography of Prince Koreyasu)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-may/births.html

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People who died on May 26

2005:
Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (b: January 23, 1928 ; d: May 26, 2005) (Biography of Chico Carrasquel)
Eddie Albert, American actor (b: April 22, 1906 ; d: May 26, 2005) (Biography of Eddie Albert)

2004:
Dullah Omar (d: May 26, 2004) (Biography of Dullah Omar)

2003:
Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b: October 16, 1919 ; d: May 26, 2003) (Biography of Kathleen Winsor)

2002:
Mamo Wolde (d: May 26, 2002) (Biography of Mamo Wolde)

1999:
Waldo Semon (d: May 26, 1999) (Biography of Waldo Semon)

1995:
Friz Freleng, American movie animator (b: August 21, 1906 ; d: May 26, 1995) (Biography of Friz Freleng)

1976:
Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (b: September 26, 1889 ; d: May 26, 1976) (Biography of Martin Heidegger)

1955:
Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b: July 13, 1918 ; d: May 26, 1955) (Biography of Alberto Ascari)

1951:
Lincoln Ellsworth, American scientist and polar explorer (b: May 12, 1880 ; d: May 26, 1951) (Biography of Lincoln Ellsworth)

1943:
Edsel Ford (d: May 26, 1943) (Biography of Edsel Ford)

1933:
Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer (b: September 8, 1897 ; d: May 26, 1933) (Biography of Jimmie Rodgers (country singer))

1926:
Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (b: May 17, 1879 ; d: May 26, 1926) (Biography of Simon Petlyura)

1924:
Victor Herbert, Irish composer (b: February 1, 1859 ; d: May 26, 1924) (Biography of Victor Herbert)

1908:
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (d: May 26, 1908) (Biography of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad)

1907:
Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (b: June 8, 1847 ; d: May 26, 1907) (Biography of Ida McKinley)

1902:
Almon Strowger (d: May 26, 1902) (Biography of Almon Strowger)

1883:
Edward Sabine (d: May 26, 1883) (Biography of Edward Sabine)

1881:
Jakob Bernays (d: May 26, 1881) (Biography of Jakob Bernays)

1840:
Sidney Smith, British admiral (b: June 21, 1764 ; d: May 26, 1840) (Biography of Sidney Smith (admiral))

1824:
Capel Lofft (d: May 26, 1824) (Biography of Capel Lofft)

1703:
Samuel Pepys, English diarist (b: February 23, 1633 ; d: May 26, 1703) (Biography of Samuel Pepys)

1685:
Karl II, Elector Palatine (b: March 31, 1651 ; d: May 26, 1685) (Biography of Karl II, Elector Palatine)

1679:
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b: October 31, 1636 ; d: May 26, 1679) (Biography of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria)

1653:
Robert Filmer (d: May 26, 1653) (Biography of Robert Filmer)

1648:
Vincent Voiture, French poet (b: February 24, 1597 ; d: May 26, 1648) (Biography of Vincent Voiture)

1595:
Philip Neri, Italian churchman (b: July 21, 1515 ; d: May 26, 1595) (Biography of Philip Neri)

1536:
Francesco Berni (d: May 26, 1536) (Biography of Francesco Berni)

1512:
Bayezid II (d: May 26, 1512) (Biography of Bayezid II)

1421:
Mehmed I (d: May 26, 1421) (Biography of Mehmed I)

1055:
Adalbert of Austria (d: May 26, 1055) (Biography of Adalbert of Austria)

946:
Edmund I of England (d: May 26, 946) (Biography of Edmund I of England)

818:
Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b: January 1, 766 ; d: May 26, 818) (Biography of Ali ar-Rida)

604:
Augustine of Canterbury (d: May 26, 604) (Biography of Augustine of Canterbury)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-may/deaths.html