Tukuk-OS📅 May 26
20 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 26? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2025 — A car rammed into a crowd on Water Street, Liverpool, injuring 65 people.
- 2020 — Protests following the murder of George Floyd erupted in Minneapolis–Saint Paul before spreading across the United States and internationally.
George Floyd protestsMurder of George FloydMinneapolis–Saint Paul
- 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.
I-40 bridge disasterWebbers Falls, OklahomaRobert S. Kerr Reservoir
- 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.
Manchester United F.C.1999 UEFA Champions League finalFootball in England
- 1989 — Tropical Storm Cecil dissipated over Laos after devastating Quảng Nam province, Vietnam, and causing the deaths of 751 people.
- 1967 — The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the first progressive rock albums, was released.
The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandProgressive rock
- 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.
- 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.
- 1933 — American singer Jimmie Rodgers died at the Taft Hotel in New York City.
- 1932 — Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide.
- 1906 — Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster.
- 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.
Church of EnglandWilliam Bradford (governor)Of Plymouth Plantation
- 1894 — Germany's Emanuel Lasker defeated Wilhelm Steinitz to become the world chess champion, beginning a record 27-year reign.
- 1888 — The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith first appeared in serial form in Punch.
- 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.
- 1865 — American Civil War: General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of his army, the only significant Confederate Army force remaining in the war.
- 1822 — The deadliest fire in Norwegian history occurred at a church in Grue, killing at least 113 people.
- 1644 — Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claimed victory at the Battle of Montijo.
- 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.
- 946 — King Edmund I (pictured) of England was murdered at Pucklechurch on the feast day of St Augustine.
Births
- 2000 — Yeji, South Korean singer
- 1999 — Micah Parsons, American football player
- 1999 — Georgia Wareham, Australian cricketer
- 1997 — Mathew Barzal, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1996 — Lara Goodall, South African cricketer
- 1994 — Gong Myung, South Korean actor
- 1993 — Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
- 1991 — Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress
- 1989 — Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete
- 1989 — Park Ye-eun, South Korean singer
- 1988 — Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer
- 1988 — Juan Cuadrado, Colombian footballer
Deaths
- 2022 — Andy Fletcher, English musician (born 1961)
- 2022 — Ray Liotta, American actor (born 1954)
- 2022 — Alan White, English drummer (born 1949)
- 2019 — Prem Tinsulanonda, Former Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1920)
- 2017 — Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born American politician (born 1928)
- 2016 — Hedy Epstein, German-born American human rights activist and Holocaust survivor (born 1924)
- 2015 — Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
- 2015 — Les Johnson, Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (born 1924)
Les JohnsonList of high commissioners of Australia to New Zealand
- 2015 — Robert Kraft, American astronomer and academic (born 1927)
- 2015 — João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (born 1979)
- 2014 — Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (born 1921)
- 2014 — Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American academic and neuropharmacologist (born 1933)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Andrew Kaggwa
- Christian feast day: Augustine of Canterbury (Anglican Communion and Eastern Orthodox)
- Christian feast day: Lambert of Vence
- Christian feast day: Mariana de Jesús de Paredes
- Christian feast day: Martyrs of the Paris Commune
- Christian feast day: Peter Sanz (one of Martyr Saints of China)
- Christian feast day: Philip Neri
- Christian feast day: Pope Eleutherius
- Christian feast day: Zachary, Bishop of Vienne
- Christian feast day: May 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Independence Day, commemorates the declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918 (Georgia)
Independence Day (Georgia)Democratic Republic of GeorgiaGeorgia (country)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guyana from the United Kingdom in 1966.
- Mother's Day (Poland)
- National Paper Airplane Day (United States)
- National Sorry Day (Australia)
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