Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 26
This is a list of selected May 26 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Jimmie Rodgers
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| ; Mother's Day in Poland | refimprove section |
| Independence Day in Guyana (1966) | refimprove sections |
| 451 – Armenian rebels were defeated by forces of the Sassanid Empire on the Avarayr Plain in Vaspurakan, but the loss played a major factor in their being granted religious freedom 33 years later. | refimprove section |
| 1637 – Pequot War: Allied Puritan and Mohegan forces attacked a fortified Pequot village in the Connecticut Colony, killing between 400 and 700 people. | Too much uncited |
| 1805 – Napoléon Bonaparte was crowned King of Italy at the Milan Cathedral with the Iron Crown of Lombardy. | refimprove section |
| 1828 – Kaspar Hauser, a foundling with suspected ties to the Royal House of Baden, first appeared in the streets of Nuremberg, Germany. | refimprove |
| 1857 – American slave Dred Scott, who had previously unsuccessfully sued for his freedom, was emancipated by Henry Taylor Blow, his original owner. | external links |
| 1896 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average, at that time representing twelve stocks from various American industries, was first published by journalist Charles Dow as a stock market index. | lots of CN tags in one section |
| 1897 – Dracula, Irish author Bram Stoker's most famous novel, was first published. | lots of CN tags in one section (equivalent to refimprove section) |
| 1903 – Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, was founded. | No article structure |
| 1918 – The Democratic Republic of Georgia was proclaimed following the breakup of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic. | refimprove section |
| 1927 – Henry Ford watched as the 15 millionth Model T roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland Park, Michigan. | refimprove section |
| 1972 – U.S. president Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow, concluding the first round of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. | refimprove |
| 1991 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia became the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era. | multiple issues |
| 1991 – Shortly after leaving Bangkok, an engine thrust reverser on Lauda Air Flight 004 deployed without being commanded, causing the aircraft to break apart and killing all 223 people on board. | Too much uncited |
| 2008 – Severe flooding began in eastern and southern China that ultimately caused 148 deaths and forced the evacuation of 1.3 million people. | self-contradictory |
| Mamo Wolde |d|2002 | citations needed |
| Emir Abdelkader |d|1883| | Death and burial require more sourcing |
Eligible
- 946 – King Edmund I of England was murdered at Pucklechurch on the feast day of St Augustine.
- 1328 – English friar William of Ockham, who popularised the methodological principle known as Occam's razor, secretly left Avignon under threat from Pope John XXII.
- 1822 – The deadliest fire in Norwegian history occurred at a church in Grue, killing at least 113 people.
- 1865 – American Civil War: General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of his army, the only significant Confederate Army force remaining in the war.
- 1868 – The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson adjourned after the second and third articles of impeachment did not obtain enough votes from the U.S. Senate to convict.
- 1888 – The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith first appeared in serial form in Punch.
- 1897 – The Church of England returned the original manuscript of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, an account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Plymouth Colony, to the state of Massachusetts.
- 1906 – Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster.
- 1932 – Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide.
- 1933 – American singer Jimmie Rodgers (pictured) died at the Taft Hotel in New York City.
- 1938 – The House Un-American Activities Committee was established to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities by people or organizations in the U.S. suspected of having communist or fascist ties.
- 1940 – Second World War: The Allies began a mass evacuation of British, French and Belgian troops cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk.
- 1967 – The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the first progressive rock albums, was released.
- 1989 – Tropical Storm Cecil dissipated over Laos after devastating Quảng Nam province, Vietnam, and causing the deaths of 751 people.
- Born/died: | Bede |d|735| Louis I of Naples |d|1362| John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough |b|1650| Edmond de Goncourt |b|1822| Adolfo de la Huerta |b|1881| Mamie Smith |b|1891|Tamurbek Dawletschin |b|1904| Imi Lichtenfeld |b|1910| Miles Davis |b|1926|Horatio Bottomley |d|1933| Paul E. Patton |b|1937| Jyoti Gogte |b|1956| Lauryn Hill |b|1975| Mufti Abdul Razzaq |d|2021
Notes
- Blackwall Tunnel appears on May 22, so Vauxhall Bridge should not appear in the same year
- Battle of Boulogne (1940) appears on May 25, so Dunkirk evacuation should not appear in the same year
- The Long and Winding Road appears on June 13, so Sgt. Pepper should not appear in the same year
May 26: Memorial Day (2025) in the United States; National Sorry Day in Australia; Independence Day in Georgia (1918), Lag BaOmer (Judaism, 2024)
Damage to the Interstate 40 bridge
- 1644 – Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claimed victory at the Battle of Montijo.
- 1894 – Germany's Emanuel Lasker defeated Wilhelm Steinitz to become the world chess champion, beginning a record 27-year reign.
- 1999 – Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League final to become the first English football club to win three major championships in the same season.
- 2002 – Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridge (aftermath pictured) near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fall into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River.
- Augustine of Canterbury (d. 604)
- Isaac Franklin (b. 1789)
- Jeremy Corbyn (b. 1949)
- Elizabeth Peer (d. 1984)