On this day in History - May 26

• 0604 - Augustine of Canterbury dies
• 0818 - Ali ar-Rida dies (b. 0766). Shia Imam
• 0946 - King Edmund I of England dies (b. 921)
• 1055 - Margrave Adalbert of Austria dies
• 1264 - Prince Koreyasu was born (d. 1326). 7th Kamakura shogun of Japan.
• 1328 - William of Ockham secretly leaves Avignon under threat from Pope John XXII.
• 1538 - Geneva expels John Calvin.
• 1566 - Mehmed III was born (d. 1603). Ottoman Emperor.
• 1595 - Morre Filipe Néri, padre italiano, fundador da Congregação do Oratório.
• 1637 - Pequot War: an allied Puritan and Mohegan force under English Captain John Mason attacks a Pequot village in Connecticut, killing approximately 500 inhabitants.
• 1648 - Vincent Voiture dies (b. 1597) . Poet.
• 1650 - John Churchill was born (d. 1722). 1st Duke of Marlborough.
• 1667 - Abraham de Moivre was born (d. 1754). Mathematician.
• 1670 - In Dover, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, ending hostilities between their kingdoms.
• 1700 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf was born (d. 1760). German religious and social reformer.
• 1703 - Samuel Pepys dies (b. 1633). English civil servant, famous for his diary.
• 1736 - Battle of Ackia: British and Chickasaw Native Americans defeat French troops.
• 1764 - Edward Livingston was born (d. 1836). Jurist and statesman.
• 1771 - Rahel Varnhagen von Ense was born ( † 07 Mar 1833). Gerrman writer.
• 1799 - Aleksandr Pushkin was born (d. 1837). Russian author.
• 1805 - In Milan's cathedral, Napoleon I of France is crowned King of Italy.
• 1822 - Edmond de Goncourt was born (d. 1896). French writer.
• 1824 - Capel Lofft dies (b. 1751). Writer.
• 1828 - Mysterious foundling Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg, Germany.
• 1830 - The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
• 1834 - Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates / Concessão de Évora-Monte. Conhecida por Convenção de Évora-Monte este acordo tenta, com base na deposição das armas por parte dos miguelistas, uma pacificação geral da sociedade portuguesa. A D. Miguel era concedida uma pensão, não podendo regressar a Portugal.
• 1862 - Juana Azurduy dies (b. 12 Jul 1780). Argentine revolutionary.
• 1864 - Montana is organized as a United States territory.
• 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.
• 1865 - Robert W. Chambers was born (d. 1933). Artist.
• 1867 - Mary of Teck was born (d. 1953). Queen Consort of King George V of the United Kingdom.
• 1868 - The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.
• 1873 - Olaf Gulbransson was born (d. 1958). Painter.
• 1874 - Henri Farman was born. French aviator and aircraft builder.
• 1874 - Joaquim António de Aguiar dies. Portuguese politician.
• 1878 - Isadora Duncan was born (d. 1927). American dancer.
• 1879 - Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• 1881 - Jakob Bernays dies (b. 1824). Philologist.
• 1883 - Edward Sabine dies (b. 1788). Astronomer.
• 1886 - Al Jolson was born (d. 1950). American singer.
• 1887 - Paul Lukas was born (d. 1971). Actor.
• 1889 - Opening of the first Eiffel Tower elevator to the public
• 1893 - Norma Talmadge was born (d. 1957). Actress.
• 1894 - Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player
• 1895 - Dorothea Lange was born (d. 1965). American photographer.
• 1896 - Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia.
• 1896 - Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• 1896 - Michael Simpson murders six people in Campbell, California.
• 1897 - Bram Stoker's novel Dracula goes on sale in London.
• 1902 - Almon Strowger dies (b. 1839). Developed the Strowger switch.
• 1906 - Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
• 1907 - Rachel Carson was born (d. 1964). American environmental write.
• 1907 - John Wayne was born (d. 1979). American actor.
• 1907 - Ida McKinley dies (b. 1847). First Lady of the United States.
• 1908 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad dies (b. 1839). Founder of the Ahmadi sect.
• 1908 - Robert Morley was born (d. 1992). Actor.
• 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.
• 1909 - Adolfo López Mateos was born (d. 1969). President of Mexico.
• 1911 - 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run
• 1911 - Ben Alexander was born (d. 1969). Actor.
• 1911 - A Câmara de Deputados do México elege como presidente interino Francisco León de la Barra.
• 1912 - Jay Silverheels was born (d. 1980). American actor.
• 1913 - Peter Cushing was born (d. 1994). Actor.
• 1916 - Henriette Roosenburg was born (d. 1972). Journalist.
• 1917 - A powerful F4 tornado rips Mattoon, Illinois apart, killing 101 persons and injuring 689. 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 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
• 1920 - Peggy Lee was born (d. 2002). American singer.
• 1920 - Rúben A. was born. Portuguese writer.
• 1922 - Ernest Solvay dies. Belgium chemist.
• 1923 - James Arness was born. Actor.
• 1923 - Roy Dotrice was born. Actor.
• 1924 - Victor Herbert dies (b. 1859). Operetta composer.
• 1926 - Lebanon adopts constitution
• 1926 - Simon Petlyura dies (b. 1879). Ukrainian independence fighter, known mostly by the pogroms done when he ruled Ukraine.
• 1926 - Miles Davis was born (d. 1991). American musician.
• 1928 - Jack Kevorkian was born. American physician.
• 1930 - Sivuca was born. Brazilian musician.
• 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers dies (b. 1897). Singer.
• 1934 - Portugal - Tem início o 1.º Congresso da União Nacional (decorreu até 28 de Maio), que se realiza na Sociedade de Geografia. No seu decurso, cimenta-se a ideologia conservadora e autoritária do partido único do Estado Novo que orientará, durante quatro décadas, o destino de Portugal.
• 1936 - In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sat down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.
• 1937 - A Exposição Universal é inaugurada em Paris.
• 1938 - William Bolcom was born. American composer.
• 1938 - Teresa Stratas was born. Canadian soprano.
• 1938 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• 1939 - Brent Musburger was born. American sports broadcaster.
• 1940 - World War II: Battle of Dunkirk - In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk.
• 1941 - Cliff Drysdale was born. Tennis star.
• 1942 - Levon Helm was born. Musician (The Band) .
• 1943 - Edsel Ford dies (b. 1893). President of the Ford Motor Company .
• 1946 - Mick Ronson was born (d. 1993). Guitarist.
• 1946 - Na Checoslováquia, os comunistas ganham as eleições para a Assembléia Constituinte.
• 1948 - Stevie Nicks was born. Songwriter and actress.
• 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.
• 1949 - Philip Michael Thomas was born. Actor.
• 1949 - Hank Williams Jr. was born. American singer.
• 1949 - Ward Cunningham was born. American inventor of Wiki.
• 1951 - Sally Ride was born. Astronaut.
• 1951 - Lincoln Ellsworth dies (b. 1880). American scientist and polar explorer.
• 1953 - Michael Portillo was born. Politician.
• 1954 - Alan Hollinghurst was born. British novelist
• 1954 - Lionel Conacher dies (b. 1900). Canadian athlete.
• 1955 - Alberto Ascari dies (b. 1918). Italian race car driver.
• 1955 - Morimoto Masaharu was born. Japanese chef
• 1955 - Alberto Ascari dies (b. 1918). Italian race car driver.
• 1957 - Margaret Colin was born. Actress .
• 1958 - Pete Michaels was born. Actor, comedian, and ventriloquist.
• 1962 - Bobcat Goldthwait was born. Actor and comedian.
• 1963 - The Organisation of African Unity is formed.
• 1963 - 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth win.
• 1964 - Lenny Kravitz was born. Guitarist and singer.
• 1965 - Os generais Alfredo Ovando e René Barrientos assumem a presidência da Bolívia.
• 1966 - Helena Bonham Carter was born. Actress.
• 1966 - British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
• 1968 - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark was born.
• 1969 - O Pacto Andino, programa de integração econômica para criar em onze anos um mercado comum, é firmado em Caracas entre os representantes da Bolívia, Colômbia, Chile, Equador e Peru.
• 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.
• 1970 - The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
• 1970 - Nobuhiro Watsuki was born. Manga-ka
• 1971 - Matt Stone was born . Co-creator of South Park
• 1972 - Willandra National Park is established in Australia.
• 1972 - The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• 1973 - Bahrain adopts it's constitution
• 1974 - Lars Frölander was born. Swedish swimmer
• 1974 - Sílvio Moser dies (b. 24 Apr 1941). Swiss F1 car racer
• 1976 - Martin Heidegger dies (b. 1889). German philosopher.
• 1977 - George Willig climbs the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
• 1978 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens.
• 1982 - Yoko Matsugane was born. Japanese model.
• 1982 - Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Champions Cup in Rotterdam
• 1985 - O Iraque bombardeia seis cidades iranianas.
• 1986 - The European Community adopts the European flag.
• 1987 - Cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe
• 1989 - É admitida a primeira mulher nos quadros de oficiais do exército português.
• 1991 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
• 1991 - Lauda Air Flight 004 explodes over rural Thailand, killing 223.
• 1993 - Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Champions Cup in Munich
• 1994 - Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)
• 1994 - A cidade mexicana de Zacatecas é declarada Património Cultural da Humanidade.
• 1995 - Friz Freleng dies (b. 1889). Animator.
• 1996 - Attilio Veronese dies. Italian painter.
• 1999 - Waldo Semon dies (b. 1898). American inventor.
• 1999 - Paul Sacher dies (b. 1906). Swiss conductor.
• 1999 - Manchester United win the UEFA Champions League to complete an unprecedented treble.
• 2002 - Álvaro Uribe becomes President of Colombia.
• 2002 - The Mars Odyssey finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet Mars.
• 2002 - Mamo Wolde dies (b. 1932). Marathon runner.
• 2003 - Kathleen Winsor dies (b. 1919). Novelist.
• 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.
• 2003 - Carlos Eduardo Dolabella dies (b. 11 Jun 1937). Brazilian actor.
• 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.
• 2004 - FC Porto vence o Mónaco por 3-0 e conquista a Liga dos Campeões Europeus em Futebol, a 2ª. da sua história, depois de na época anterior já ter vencido a Taça Uefa.
• 2004 - Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh dies (b. 1931). Russian astronomer.
• 2004 - Dullah Omar dies (b. 1934). South African lawyer and politician.
• 2005 - Eddie Albert dies (b. 1906). American actor.
• 2005 - Chico Carrasquel dies (b. 1928). Venezuelan Major League Baseball player.
• 2006 - Europe's Biggest Station to Open in Berlin in Time for World Cup. Chancellor Angela Merkel is opening Europe's largest train station in Berlin.
• 2006 - Lisbon : Rock in Rio (II Edition) in Lisbon begins.
• Poland - Mother's Day
• Georgia - National Day
• Australia - National Sorry Day