May 26
1521 - Martin Luther's writings were banned by the Edict of Worms.
1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned king of Italy.
1864 - President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the Montana Territory.
1865 - Confederate forces west of the Mississippi surrendered in New Orleans.
1868 - President Andrew Johnson avoided conviction for impeachment charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors" by one vote.
1896 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was 40.94.
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.
1938 - The House Un-American Activities Committee was established by Congress.
1940 - Allied troops began the massive naval evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, France during World War II.
1954 - Explosions rocked the aircraft carrier USS Bennington off Rhode Island, killing 103 sailors. (The initial blast was blamed on leaking catapult fluid ignited by the flames of a jet.)
1969 - Apollo 10 returned to Earth after a mission that served as a dress rehearsal for the first moon landing.
1971 - Don McLean recorded his song “American Pie” at The Record Plant in New York City (it was released the following November by United Artists Records).
1972 - President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow.
1977 - George Willig, "the human fly," scaled the World Trade Center in New York City by attaching himself to the window washer mechanism and walking straight up until falling into police custody when he reached the top. It took Willig three and a half hours to make the climb, and $1.10 in fines—a penny per floor.
1978 - The first legal casino to be operated in the United States outside of Nevada was opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1981 - Fourteen people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.
1994 - Pop star Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in the Dominican Republic. (The marriage ended in 1996.)
1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island -- the historic gateway for millions of immigrants -- is mainly in New Jersey, and not in New York.
2003 - Rwandans voted to approve a new constitution that instituted a balance of power between Hutu and Tutsi.
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 - Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general responsible for the massacre of over 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995, is found and arrested in Lazarevo, a farming town north of Belgrade, Serbia.
2011 - Congress passed a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers contained in the Patriot Act to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.
2020 - Minneapolis police issued a statement saying George Floyd had died after a “medical incident,” and that he had physically resisted officers and appeared to be in medical distress; minutes after the statement was released, bystander video was posted online. Protests over Floyd’s death began, with tense skirmishes developing between protesters and Minneapolis police. Four police officers who were involved in Floyd’s arrest were fired.
2021 - President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibility that the trail might lead to a Chinese laboratory.
2021 - Amazon said it was buying the movie studio MGM for $8.45 billion, with hopes of filling its video streaming service with more viewing options.
Birthdays
23 - Molly-Mae Hague (model)
23 - Kerry Ingram (actress)
27 - Kailin Chase (model)
31 - Julianna Rose Mauriello (actress)
35 - Brandi Cyrus (actress)
43 - Hrach Titizian (actor)
43 - Elisabeth Harnois (actress)
47 - Lauryn Hill (singer)
51 - Matt Stone (actor/producer/director)
52 - Joseph Fiennes (actor)
56 - Zola Budd (runner)
56 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
58 - Lenny Kravitz (singer)
60 - Bobcat Goldthwait (comedian)
60 - Genie Francis (actress)
62 - Doug Hutchison (actor)
64 - Margaret Colin (actress)
73 - Hank Williams Jr. (singer)
73 - Philip Michael Thomas (actor)
73 - Pam Grier (actress)
74 - Stevie Nicks (singer)
83 - Brent Musburger (sportscaster)
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Today in Sports History - May 26
1925 - Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers became the first major league baseball player to collect 1,000 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.
1980 - Steve Carlton (Philadelphia Phillies) became the first National League player to record six one-hitters.
1988 - The Edmonton Oilers swept the Boston Bruins to win their fourth Stanley Cup in five seasons.
1990 - The Philadelphia Phillies retired Mike Schmidt's #20.
1521 - Martin Luther's writings were banned by the Edict of Worms.
1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned king of Italy.
1864 - President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the Montana Territory.
1865 - Confederate forces west of the Mississippi surrendered in New Orleans.
1868 - President Andrew Johnson avoided conviction for impeachment charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors" by one vote.
1896 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was 40.94.
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.
1938 - The House Un-American Activities Committee was established by Congress.
1940 - Allied troops began the massive naval evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, France during World War II.
1954 - Explosions rocked the aircraft carrier USS Bennington off Rhode Island, killing 103 sailors. (The initial blast was blamed on leaking catapult fluid ignited by the flames of a jet.)
1969 - Apollo 10 returned to Earth after a mission that served as a dress rehearsal for the first moon landing.
1971 - Don McLean recorded his song “American Pie” at The Record Plant in New York City (it was released the following November by United Artists Records).
1972 - President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow.
1977 - George Willig, "the human fly," scaled the World Trade Center in New York City by attaching himself to the window washer mechanism and walking straight up until falling into police custody when he reached the top. It took Willig three and a half hours to make the climb, and $1.10 in fines—a penny per floor.
1978 - The first legal casino to be operated in the United States outside of Nevada was opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1981 - Fourteen people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.
1994 - Pop star Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in the Dominican Republic. (The marriage ended in 1996.)
1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island -- the historic gateway for millions of immigrants -- is mainly in New Jersey, and not in New York.
2003 - Rwandans voted to approve a new constitution that instituted a balance of power between Hutu and Tutsi.
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 - Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general responsible for the massacre of over 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995, is found and arrested in Lazarevo, a farming town north of Belgrade, Serbia.
2011 - Congress passed a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers contained in the Patriot Act to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.
2020 - Minneapolis police issued a statement saying George Floyd had died after a “medical incident,” and that he had physically resisted officers and appeared to be in medical distress; minutes after the statement was released, bystander video was posted online. Protests over Floyd’s death began, with tense skirmishes developing between protesters and Minneapolis police. Four police officers who were involved in Floyd’s arrest were fired.
2021 - President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibility that the trail might lead to a Chinese laboratory.
2021 - Amazon said it was buying the movie studio MGM for $8.45 billion, with hopes of filling its video streaming service with more viewing options.
Birthdays
23 - Molly-Mae Hague (model)
23 - Kerry Ingram (actress)
27 - Kailin Chase (model)
31 - Julianna Rose Mauriello (actress)
35 - Brandi Cyrus (actress)
43 - Hrach Titizian (actor)
43 - Elisabeth Harnois (actress)
47 - Lauryn Hill (singer)
51 - Matt Stone (actor/producer/director)
52 - Joseph Fiennes (actor)
56 - Zola Budd (runner)
56 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
58 - Lenny Kravitz (singer)
60 - Bobcat Goldthwait (comedian)
60 - Genie Francis (actress)
62 - Doug Hutchison (actor)
64 - Margaret Colin (actress)
73 - Hank Williams Jr. (singer)
73 - Philip Michael Thomas (actor)
73 - Pam Grier (actress)
74 - Stevie Nicks (singer)
83 - Brent Musburger (sportscaster)
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Today in Sports History - May 26
1925 - Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers became the first major league baseball player to collect 1,000 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.
1980 - Steve Carlton (Philadelphia Phillies) became the first National League player to record six one-hitters.
1988 - The Edmonton Oilers swept the Boston Bruins to win their fourth Stanley Cup in five seasons.
1990 - The Philadelphia Phillies retired Mike Schmidt's #20.
