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May 26th, 2006 (May 26 2006) | Event | The May 2006 Java earthquake kills over 5,700 people, leaves 200,000 homeless. | |
May 26th, 2006 (May 26 2006) | Death | Edouard Michelin, CEO of Michelin (born in 1963) | |
May 26th, 2006 (May 26 2006) | Death | Kevin O Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (born in 1919) | |
May 26th, 1986 (May 26 1986) | Event | The European Community adopts the European flag. | |
May 26th, 1976 (May 26 1976) | Birth | Justin Pierre, American singer (Motion City Soundtrack) | |
May 26th, 1976 (May 26 1976) | Death | Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (born in 1889) | Martin Heidegger Quotes |
May 26th, 1976 (May 26 1976) | Death | Juan Maino, Chilean leader of MAPU, "disappeared" | |
May 26th, 1966 (May 26 1966) | Event | British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana. | |
May 26th, 1966 (May 26 1966) | Birth | Helena Bonham Carter, English actress | |
May 26th, 1966 (May 26 1966) | Birth | Zola Budd, South African athlete | |
May 26th, 1956 (May 26 1956) | Birth | Frederic Dutoit, French politician | |
May 26th, 1946 (May 26 1946) | Birth | Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian Rhythmic gymnas and coach. | |
May 26th, 1946 (May 26 1946) | Birth | Mick Ronson, English musician (died in 1993) | |
May 26th, 1936 (May 26 1936) | Event | 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 spoke for 10 hours. | |
May 26th, 1926 (May 26 1926) | Death | Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (born in 1879) | |
May 26th, 1916 (May 26 1916) | Birth | Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (died in 1999) | |
May 26th, 1916 (May 26 1916) | Birth | Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (died in 1972) | |
May 26th, 1906 (May 26 1906) | Event | Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London. | |
May 26th, 1896 (May 26 1896) | Event | Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. | |
May 26th, 1896 (May 26 1896) | Event | James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California. | |
May 26th, 1886 (May 26 1886) | Birth | Al Jolson, American singer (died in 1950) | |
May 26th, 1736 (May 26 1736) | Event | Battle of Ackia: British and Chickasaw soldiers repel a French and Choctaw attack on the Chickasaw village of Ackia, near present-day Tupelo, Mississippi. The French, under Louisiana governor Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, had sought to link Louisiana with Acadia and the other northern colonies of New France. | |
May 26th, 1566 (May 26 1566) | Birth | Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (died in 1603) | |
May 26th, 1536 (May 26 1536) | Death | Francesco Berni, Italian poet | |
May 26th, 0946 (May 26 0946) | Death | King Edmund I of England (born in 921) | |