26 May
Notable Births
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
Mathew Barzal
b. 1997
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Gong Myung
b. 1994
South Korean actor and singer
Ah Young
b. 1991
South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)
Paula Findlay
b. 1989
Canadian triathlete (born 1989)
Park Ye-eun
b. 1989
South Korean singer (born 1989)
Andrea Catellani
b. 1988
Italian footballer (born 1988)
Dani Stevens
b. 1988
Australian discus thrower
Olcay Şahan
b. 1987
Turkish footballer
Michel Tornéus
b. 1986
Swedish long jumper
Monika Christodoulou
b. 1985
Musical artist
Ashley Vincent
b. 1985
English footballer (born 1985)
Demy de Zeeuw
b. 1983
Dutch footballer (born 1983)
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
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)
Les Johnson
d. 2015
Australian politician (1924–2015)
Robert Kraft (astronomer)
d. 2015
American astronomer (1927–2015)
Miodrag Radulovacki
d. 2014
Serbian American scientist (1933–2014)
William R. Roy
d. 2014
American politician
Hooshang Seyhoun
d. 2014
Iranian architect, sculptor, painter, scholar, and professor (1920–2014)
Ray Barnhart
d. 2013
American politician (1928–2013)
Otto Muehl
d. 2013
Austrian artist
Jack Vance
d. 2013
American writer (1916–2013)
Arthur Decabooter
d. 2012
Belgian cyclist
Hans Schmidt (wrestler)
d. 2012
Canadian professional wrestler (1925-2012)
Jim Unger
d. 2012
British-Canadian cartoonist (1937–2012)
Arisen Ahubudu
d. 2011
Sri Lankan author, poet and scholar
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
1998
The first "National Sorry Day" is held in Australia. Reconciliation events are held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
National Sorry Day
1998
A MIAT Mongolian Airlines Harbin Y-12 crashes near Erdenet, Orkhon Province, Mongolia, resulting in 28 deaths.
MIAT Mongolian Airlines
1991
Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
1991
Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in the Suphan Buri province of Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.
Lauda Air Flight 004
1986
The European Community adopts the European flag.
European Economic Community
1983
The 7.8 Mw Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
1983 Sea of Japan earthquake
1981
Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
Prime Minister of Italy
1981
An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
Grumman EA-6B Prowler
1972
Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Cold War
1971
Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Liberation War
1970
The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
Soviet Union
1969
Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first crewed Moon landing.
Apollo program