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26 May 2017
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Germanicus returns to Rome as a conquering hero; he celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti and other German tribes west of the Elbe. |
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26 May 2047
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Julius Caesar visits Tarsus on his way to Pontus, where he meets enthusiastic support, but where, according to Cicero, Cassius is planning to kill him at this point. |
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26 May 0451
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Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place. The Empire defeats the Armenians militarily but guarantees them freedom to openly practice Christianity. |
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26 May 0946
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King Edmund I of England is murdered by a thief whom he personally attacks while celebrating St Augustine's Mass Day. |
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26 May 0961
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German King Otto II crowned
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26 May 1135
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Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in León Cathedral as Imperator totius Hispaniae, "Emperor of all of Spain". |
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26 May 1293
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An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 30,000. |
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26 May 1328
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William of Ockham, the Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII. |
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26 May 1328
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William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII
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26 May 1521
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Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther & his followers
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26 May 1538
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Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years. |
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26 May 1538
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26 May 1573
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The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence. |
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26 May 1596
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England, France & Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
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26 May 1637
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Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots. |
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26 May 1637
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1st battle of Pequot at New Haven CT kills 500 Indians
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26 May 1644
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Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo. |
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26 May 1647
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Alse Young, hanged in Hartford, Connecticut, becomes the first person executed as a witch in the British American colonies. |
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26 May 1647
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Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony
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26 May 1736
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The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia. |
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26 May 1736
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Battle of Ackia (Louisiana), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat the French
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26 May 1770
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The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks. |
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26 May 1781
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Bank of North America incorporated in Philadelphia
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26 May 1783
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A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated end of fighting in American Revolution. |
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26 May 1788
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Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain
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26 May 1790
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Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
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26 May 1798
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British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara
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26 May 1805
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Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral, the gothic cathedral in Milan. |
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26 May 1805
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Lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains
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26 May 1805
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Napoleon is crowned king of Italy
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26 May 1821
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Establishment of the Peloponnesian Senate by the Greek rebels. |
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26 May 1822
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One hundred sixteen people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history. |
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26 May 1824
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Brazil is recognized by US
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26 May 1828
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Feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg. |
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26 May 1830
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The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later. |
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26 May 1834
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Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates
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26 May 1857
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Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners. |
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26 May 1860
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Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy
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26 May 1861
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Union blockades New Orleans LA and Mobile, Alabama
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26 May 1861
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Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South
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26 May 1864
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Montana is organized as a United States territory. |
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26 May 1864
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Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA
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26 May 1864
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Territory of Montana is formed
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26 May 1865
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American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas. |
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26 May 1865
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Battle of Galveston TX, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith
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26 May 1868
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President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote
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26 May 1869
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Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
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26 May 1874
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2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56
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26 May 1876
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HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration
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26 May 1879
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Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state. |
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26 May 1883
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11th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Jacobus wins in 2:42
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26 May 1884
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Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 and 7-3 vs. England XI in 4 hours
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26 May 1887
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Racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state
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26 May 1894
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Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player
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26 May 1896
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1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach, New York
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26 May 1896
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Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia. |
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26 May 1896
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Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. |
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26 May 1896
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Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
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26 May 1896
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Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
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26 May 1897
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Dracula, a novel by the Irish author Bram Stoker, is published. |
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26 May 1898
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32nd Belmont Stakes: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32
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26 May 1898
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San Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies
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26 May 1900
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Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro. |
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26 May 1900
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British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa
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26 May 1903
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG)
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26 May 1903
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the 3 Gables" (BG)
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26 May 1905
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A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia
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26 May 1906
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Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London. |
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26 May 1906
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Archaeological Institute of America forms
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26 May 1907
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Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits New York Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game
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26 May 1908
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At Masjed Soleyman 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 Anglo-Persian Oil Company. |
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26 May 1909
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Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
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26 May 1911
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1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run
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26 May 1913
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Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)
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26 May 1915
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H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England
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26 May 1917
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Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon, killing 101 people and injuring 689. |
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26 May 1917
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Walt Cruise hit 1st homerun out of Braves Field
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26 May 1918
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The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established. |
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26 May 1918
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Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia
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26 May 1922
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Lenin suffers a stroke
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26 May 1923
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The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June. |
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26 May 1923
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1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance was run
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26 May 1923
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Socialist Workers Youth International forms in Hamburg
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26 May 1924
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German Government of Marx resigns
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26 May 1924
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President Coolidge signs Immigration Law (restricting immigration)
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26 May 1925
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Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery
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26 May 1925
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Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139)
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26 May 1926
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Lebanon adopts constitution
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26 May 1927
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Ford Motor Company manufactures its 15 millionth Model T automobile
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26 May 1928
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A's commit 7 errors & lose to Yankees 7-4
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26 May 1930
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Joe Sewell, strikes out twice of his 3 times in 1930, by Pat Caraway
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26 May 1930
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Joe Sewell, hardest to strike out, is struck out twice by Pat Caraway
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26 May 1930
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Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution
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26 May 1932
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Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo
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26 May 1933
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2nd emergency Dutch Government of Colijn forms
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26 May 1933
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Phillies Chuck Klein hits for the cycle vs St Louis Cardinals
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26 May 1934
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Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago
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26 May 1936
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In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours. |
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26 May 1936
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1st Government of Zealand in Belgium ends
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26 May 1937
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Dutch Rail NV at law forms
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26 May 1937
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San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens
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26 May 1938
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In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session. |
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26 May 1938
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House Committee on Un-American Activities begins work
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26 May 1940
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World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France. |
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26 May 1940
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World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison. |
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26 May 1940
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Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk
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26 May 1941
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American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Philadelphia
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26 May 1941
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Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck
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26 May 1941
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German occupiers begin youth labor
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26 May 1942
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World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place. |
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26 May 1942
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Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London
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26 May 1942
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Belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star
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26 May 1942
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Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army
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26 May 1943
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1st president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)
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26 May 1943
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Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam
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26 May 1943
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Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly from US to North Africa
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26 May 1944
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82nd Airborne division D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste M
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26 May 1945
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US drop fire bombs on Tokyo
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26 May 1946
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2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball
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26 May 1946
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Darius Milhauds 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Prague
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26 May 1946
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Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia
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26 May 1946
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Patent filed in US for H-Bomb
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26 May 1948
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The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force. |
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26 May 1948
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Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers
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26 May 1948
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South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy
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26 May 1951
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Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress" premieres in London
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26 May 1953
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Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die
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26 May 1955
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"7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances
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26 May 1955
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Conservatives win British parliamentary election
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26 May 1955
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Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade
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26 May 1956
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Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103
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26 May 1956
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Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103
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26 May 1956
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Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman & Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with 2 outs in the 10th & lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1
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26 May 1957
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Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open
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26 May 1958
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Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed
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26 May 1958
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Union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark
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26 May 1958
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US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
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26 May 1959
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Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th
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26 May 1961
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Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta
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26 May 1961
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USAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours
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26 May 1962
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"All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 performances
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26 May 1963
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15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth
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26 May 1963
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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26 May 1963
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Organization of African Unity forms
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26 May 1963
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Wes Stock becomes the only Baltimore Oriole to win a double header
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26 May 1964
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"Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 performances
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26 May 1965
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Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes
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26 May 1965
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Revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect
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26 May 1966
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Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from the UK
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26 May 1966
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British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana. |
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26 May 1966
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Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hu
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26 May 1968
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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26 May 1969
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John andYoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal)
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26 May 1969
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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. |
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26 May 1969
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Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth
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26 May 1970
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The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. |
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26 May 1971
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Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh. |
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26 May 1971
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Soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its 1st appearance
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26 May 1972
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Willandra National Park is established in Australia. |
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26 May 1972
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The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. |
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26 May 1972
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Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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26 May 1972
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Nixon & Brezhnev signs SALT accord
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26 May 1973
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"Funky Worm" by Ohio Players hits #15
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26 May 1973
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"Super Fly Meets Shaft" by John & Ernest hits #31
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26 May 1973
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Bahrain adopts it's constitution
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26 May 1973
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Beatles' "The Beatles 1967-1970" album goes #1
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26 May 1973
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Tippett's 3rd Piano sonata, premieres
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26 May 1974
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During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled
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26 May 1974
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Joanne Carner wins Hoosier LPGA Golf Classic
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26 May 1975
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Tennis game in the Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
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26 May 1977
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Movie "Star Wars" debuts
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26 May 1977
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George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center. |
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26 May 1977
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"Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway
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26 May 1977
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George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center
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26 May 1977
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Movie "Star Wars" debuts
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26 May 1978
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1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City
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26 May 1979
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"Dancin' Fool" by Frank Zappa hits #45
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26 May 1980
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Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
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26 May 1980
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Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st National League-er to record 6, 1-hitters
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26 May 1980
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Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6
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26 May 1981
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Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due). |
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26 May 1981
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An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others. |
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26 May 1981
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Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14
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26 May 1981
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Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth
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26 May 1982
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Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam
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26 May 1982
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British ship Atlantic Conveyor & Coventry were hit in Falkland war
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26 May 1983
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A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 104 people and injures thousands. Many people go missing and thousands of buildings are destroyed. |
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26 May 1983
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29th Walker Cup: US 13
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26 May 1983
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Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7
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26 May 1983
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Los Angeles Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws
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26 May 1983
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NASA launches Exosat
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26 May 1984
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Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla
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26 May 1984
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Tulsa Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die
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26 May 1984
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Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia
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26 May 1984
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Tulsa OK gets 13" of rain, 14 die
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26 May 1985
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Danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin
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26 May 1985
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Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die
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26 May 1985
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Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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26 May 1986
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The European Community adopts the European flag. |
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26 May 1987
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Cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe
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26 May 1987
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Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka
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26 May 1987
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Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail
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26 May 1987
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William H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA
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26 May 1988
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Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
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26 May 1989
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At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 second silence, honoring radio
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26 May 1989
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Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals
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26 May 1989
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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26 May 1990
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China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
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26 May 1990
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Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
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26 May 1991
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Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era. |
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26 May 1991
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Lauda Air Flight 004, a Boeing 767, crashes in an area of western Thailand after a thrust reverser malfunction. All 223 people aboard are killed. |
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26 May 1991
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Betsy King wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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26 May 1992
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The blockade of Dubrovnik is broken. Following this, the siege of Dubrovnik ends in the next months. |
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26 May 1992
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Weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour
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26 May 1993
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Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time
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26 May 1993
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Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head & goes over fence for a homerun
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26 May 1993
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Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich
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26 May 1994
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Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)
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26 May 1996
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Indianapolis 500 race
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26 May 1996
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"Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 66 performances
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26 May 1996
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Indianapolis 500 race; Buddy Lazier wins with an average speed of 147.956 mph
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26 May 1996
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Laura Davies wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
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26 May 1996
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Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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26 May 1997
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Sammy Sosa (Cubs) & Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park homeruns
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26 May 1998
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The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. |
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26 May 1998
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The first "National Sorry Day" was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people. |
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26 May 1998
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Date for Paula Jones sex harassment trial vs President Clinton
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26 May 2002
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The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured. |
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26 May 2004
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United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing. |
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26 May 2008
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Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million. |
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