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| May 26th, 2008 (May 26 2008) | Death | Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born in 1934) | |
| May 26th, 1998 (May 26 1998) | Event | The United States Supreme Court rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. | |
| May 26th, 1988 (May 26 1988) | Birth | Joel Selwood, Australian footballer | |
| May 26th, 1978 (May 26 1978) | Event | In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens. | |
| May 26th, 1978 (May 26 1978) | Birth | Phil Elverum, American singer-songwriter | |
| May 26th, 1978 (May 26 1978) | Death | Cybele, Greek actress (born in 1887) | |
| May 26th, 1968 (May 26 1968) | Birth | Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark | |
| May 26th, 1968 (May 26 1968) | Birth | Pat Kenney, American professional wrestler | |
| May 26th, 1968 (May 26 1968) | Birth | Fernando Leon de Aranoa, Spanish film director | |
| May 26th, 1968 (May 26 1968) | Birth | Steve Sedgley, English footballer | |
| May 26th, 1968 (May 26 1968) | Death | Little Willie John, American singer (born in 1937) | |
| May 26th, 1948 (May 26 1948) | Event | The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 557 which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force. | |
| May 26th, 1948 (May 26 1948) | Birth | Stevie Nicks, American songwriter | Stevie Nicks Quotes |
| May 26th, 1948 (May 26 1948) | Death | Theodore Morell, Hitler s personal physician (born in 1886) | Theodor Morell Quotes |
| May 26th, 1938 (May 26 1938) | Event | The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session. | |
| May 26th, 1938 (May 26 1938) | Birth | William Bolcom, American composer | |
| May 26th, 1938 (May 26 1938) | Birth | Pauline Parker, New-Zealandic murderess | |
| May 26th, 1938 (May 26 1938) | Birth | Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian playwright and novelist | |
| May 26th, 1938 (May 26 1938) | Birth | Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano | |
| May 26th, 1928 (May 26 1928) | Event | The first motion picture is projected publicly in Athens, Greece. | |
| May 26th, 1918 (May 26 1918) | Event | Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat. | |
| May 26th, 1918 (May 26 1918) | Event | The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established. | |
| May 26th, 1918 (May 26 1918) | Birth | Anton Christoforidis, Greek boxer (died in 1985) | |
| May 26th, 1908 (May 26 1908) | Event | 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 United Kingdom. | |
| May 26th, 1908 (May 26 1908) | Birth | Robert Morley, English actor (died in 1992) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| May 26th, 1908 (May 26 1908) | Birth | Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Prime Minister of South Vietnam | |
| May 26th, 1908 (May 26 1908) | Death | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam (born in 1835) | |
| May 26th, 1868 (May 26 1868) | Event | The impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote. | Andrew Johnson Quotes |
| May 26th, 1828 (May 26 1828) | Event | Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg. | |
| May 26th, 1818 (May 26 1818) | Death | Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian military commander (born in 1761) | |
| May 26th, 1648 (May 26 1648) | Death | Vincent Voiture, French poet (born in 1597) | |
| May 26th, 1538 (May 26 1538) | Event | Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years. | John Calvin Quotes |
| May 26th, 1478 (May 26 1478) | Birth | Pope Clement VII (died in 1534) | |
| May 26th, 1328 (May 26 1328) | Event | William of Ockham, Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII. | |
| May 26th, 0818 (May 26 0818) | Death | Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (born in 766) | |
