Today in History
26 May
177 births · 112 deaths · 61 events recorded
Notable Births
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Yeji (singer)
b. 2000
South Korean singer and dancer (born 2000)
Micah Parsons
b. 1999
American football player (born 1999)
Georgia Wareham
b. 1999
Australian cricketer
Helena Bonham Carter
b. 1966
English actress (born 1966)
Dayle Haddon
b. 1948
Canadian dancer, model, actress (1948–2024)
Miles Davis
b. 1926
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer (1926–1991)
Inge Borkh
b. 1921
German opera singer (1921–2018)
John Wayne
b. 1907
American actor (1907–1979)
Notable Deaths
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Andy Fletcher (musician)
d. 2022
English keyboardist (1961–2022)
Ray Liotta
d. 2022
American actor (1954–2022)
Alan White (Yes drummer)
d. 2022
English rock drummer (1949–2022)
Prem Tinsulanonda
d. 2019
Prime Minister of Thailand from 1980 to 1988
Zbigniew Brzezinski
d. 2017
Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017)
Hedy Epstein
d. 2016
American political activist(1924 - 2016)
Vicente Aranda
d. 2015
Spanish film director (1926-2015)
Victor Herbert
d. 1924
Irish-American composer (1859–1924)
On This Day in History
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2025
65 people are injured when a car rams into a crowd on Water Street, near Liverpool F.C.'s Premier League trophy parade.
2025 Liverpool parade attack
2021
Ten people are killed in a shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose, California, United States.
2021 San Jose shooting
2020
Protests triggered by the murder of George Floyd erupt in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, later becoming widespread across the United States and around the world.
George Floyd protests
2014
Narendra Modi takes oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India.
Narendra Modi
2008
Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.
2008 South China floods
2003
Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 crashes in the Turkish town of Maçka, killing 75.
Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230
2002
The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
I-40 bridge disaster
1998
The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
Supreme Court of the United States