May 26
Today is the 147th day of 2016, there are 219 days left in the year.
1521 - Martin Luther was declared an outlaw and his writings were banned by the Edict of Worms.
1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned king of Italy.
1868 - The Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal as the Senate fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction.
1896 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was 40.94.
1907 - John Wayne was born Marion Mitchell Morrison in Winterset, Iowa.
1908 - The first major oil strike in the Middle East took place as engineers working for British entrepreneur William Knox D'Arcy hit a gusher in Masjid-i-Suleiman in present-day Iran.
1969 - Apollo 10 returned to Earth after a mission that served as a dress rehearsal for the first moon landing.
1972 - President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow.
1977 - George H. Willig scaled the outside of the south tower of New York's World Trade Center; he was arrested at the top of the 110-story building. It took him three and a half hours to mike the climb and after his arrest he was fined $1.10 -- a penny per floor.
1978 - The first legal casino in the eastern United States opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1994 - Pop star Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in the Dominican Republic.
1998 - The Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island -- historic gateway for millions of immigrants -- is mainly in New Jersey and not New York.
2004 - Terry Nichols was found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
2009 - President Barack Obama nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.
2009 - California's Supreme Court upheld the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that had taken place before the prohibition passed were still valid.
2011 - Congress passed a four-year extension of the post-Sept. 11 powers contained in the Patriot Act to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.
2011 - Ratko Mladic, the brutal Bosnian Serb general suspected of leading the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys, was arrested after a 16-year manhunt.
Birthdays
29 - Brandi Cyrus (actress)
30 - Astrid Berges-Frisbey (actress)
35 - Ben Zobrist (baseball player)
37 - Elisabeth Harnois (actress)
37 - Ashley Massaro (professional wrestler)
50 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
41 - Lauryn Hill (singer)
41 - Nicki Aycox (actress)
44 - Patsy Palmer (actress)
45 - Matt Stone (actor)
52 - Lenny Kravitz (singer)
67 - Hank Williams Jr. (country singer)
67 - Pam Grier (actress)
68 - Stevie Nicks (singer)
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Today in Sports History - May 26
1925 - Ty Cobb becomes the first player in baseball to record 1,000 career extra base hits.
1959 - Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves before losing 1-0 in the 13th inning.
1980 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies became the first National League player to record six one-hitters.
1988 - The Edmonton Oilers sweep the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup. It was the fourth Cup in five years for the Oilers.
1990 - The Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's #20.
Today is the 147th day of 2016, there are 219 days left in the year.
1521 - Martin Luther was declared an outlaw and his writings were banned by the Edict of Worms.
1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned king of Italy.
1868 - The Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal as the Senate fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction.
1896 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was 40.94.
1907 - John Wayne was born Marion Mitchell Morrison in Winterset, Iowa.
1908 - The first major oil strike in the Middle East took place as engineers working for British entrepreneur William Knox D'Arcy hit a gusher in Masjid-i-Suleiman in present-day Iran.
1969 - Apollo 10 returned to Earth after a mission that served as a dress rehearsal for the first moon landing.
1972 - President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow.
1977 - George H. Willig scaled the outside of the south tower of New York's World Trade Center; he was arrested at the top of the 110-story building. It took him three and a half hours to mike the climb and after his arrest he was fined $1.10 -- a penny per floor.
1978 - The first legal casino in the eastern United States opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1994 - Pop star Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in the Dominican Republic.
1998 - The Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island -- historic gateway for millions of immigrants -- is mainly in New Jersey and not New York.
2004 - Terry Nichols was found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
2009 - President Barack Obama nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.
2009 - California's Supreme Court upheld the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that had taken place before the prohibition passed were still valid.
2011 - Congress passed a four-year extension of the post-Sept. 11 powers contained in the Patriot Act to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.
2011 - Ratko Mladic, the brutal Bosnian Serb general suspected of leading the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys, was arrested after a 16-year manhunt.
Birthdays
29 - Brandi Cyrus (actress)
30 - Astrid Berges-Frisbey (actress)
35 - Ben Zobrist (baseball player)
37 - Elisabeth Harnois (actress)
37 - Ashley Massaro (professional wrestler)
50 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
41 - Lauryn Hill (singer)
41 - Nicki Aycox (actress)
44 - Patsy Palmer (actress)
45 - Matt Stone (actor)
52 - Lenny Kravitz (singer)
67 - Hank Williams Jr. (country singer)
67 - Pam Grier (actress)
68 - Stevie Nicks (singer)
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Today in Sports History - May 26
1925 - Ty Cobb becomes the first player in baseball to record 1,000 career extra base hits.
1959 - Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves before losing 1-0 in the 13th inning.
1980 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies became the first National League player to record six one-hitters.
1988 - The Edmonton Oilers sweep the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup. It was the fourth Cup in five years for the Oilers.
1990 - The Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's #20.
