May 26
1521 - Martin Luther's writings were banned by the Edict of Worms.
1864 - President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the Montana Territory.
1865 - Confederate forces west of the Mississippi in New Orleans surrendered.
1868 - President Andrew Johnson avoided conviction for impeachment charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors" by one vote.
1938 - The House Un-American Activities Committee was established by Congress.
1940 - The Allies began Operation Dynamo, the massive naval evacuation of nearly 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France during World War II.
1954 - Explosions rocked the aircraft carrier USS Bennington off the coast of Rhode Island, killing 103 sailors. (The initial blast was blamed on leaking catapult fluid ignited by the flames of a jet.)
1971 - Don McLean recorded his song “American Pie” at The Record Plant in New York City (it was released the following November by United Artists Records).
1972 - President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow. (The U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)
1977 - George Willig, "the human fly," scaled the World Trade Center in New York City by attaching himself to the window washer mechanism and walking straight up until falling into police custody when he reached the top. It took Willig three and a half hours to make the climb, and he was fined $1.10 -- a penny per floor.
1978 - The first legal casino to be operated in the United States outside of Nevada was opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1981 - Fourteen people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.
1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in the Dominican Republic. (The couple divorced in 1996.)
2003 - Rwandans voted to approve a new constitution that instituted a balance of power between Hutu and Tutsi.
2004 - Nearly a decade after the Oklahoma City bombing, Terry Nichols was found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the attack. (Nichols later received 161 consecutive life sentences.)
2009 - President Barack Obama nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.
2009 - The California Supreme Court upheld the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that had taken place before the prohibition passed were still valid.
2011 - Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general responsible for the massacre of over 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995, is found and arrested in Lazarevo, a farming town north of Belgrade, Serbia. (Mladic was extradited to face trial in The Hague, Netherlands; he was convicted in 2017 on genocide and war crimes charges and is serving a life sentence.)
2018 - Joshua Holt, who traveled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman, but was jailed and labeled as the CIA’s top spy in Latin America, was set free by Venezuela’s anti-American government and returned to the United States with his wife.
2018 - The leaders of North and South Korea met for the second time in a month in a surprise summit at a border village to discuss Kim Jong Un’s potential meeting with President Donald Trump.
Birthdays
24 - Molly-Mae Hague (model)
24 - Kerry Ingram (actress)
28 - Kailin Chase (model)
32 - Julianna Rose Mauriello (actress)
36 - Brandi Cyrus (actress)
44 - Hrach Titizian (actor)
44 - Elisabeth Harnois (actress)
48 - Lauryn Hill (singer)
52 - Matt Stone (actor/producer)
53 - Joseph Fiennes (actor)
57 - Zola Budd (runner)
57 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
59 - Lenny Kravitz (singer)
61 - Bobcat Goldthwait (actor/comedian)
61 - Genie Francis (actress)
63 - Doug Hutchison (actor)
65 - Margaret Colin (actress)
74 - Hank Williams Jr. (singer)
74 - Philip Michael Thomas (actor)
74 - Pam Grier (actress)
75 - Stevie Nicks (singer)
84 - Brent Musburger (sportscaster)
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Today in Sports History - May 26
1923 - The inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for cars starts through public roads around Le Mans, France.
1925 - Ty Cobb becomes the first MLB player to collect 1,000 extra-base hits.
1959 - Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves before losing 1-0 in the 13th inning.
1980 - Steve Carlton (Philadelphia Phillies) became the first National League player to record six 1-hitters.
1988 - The Edmonton Oilers won their fourth Stanley Cup in five seasons, sweeping the Boston Bruins.
1990 - The Philadelphia Phillies retired Mike Schmidt's #20.
1521 - Martin Luther's writings were banned by the Edict of Worms.
1864 - President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the Montana Territory.
1865 - Confederate forces west of the Mississippi in New Orleans surrendered.
1868 - President Andrew Johnson avoided conviction for impeachment charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors" by one vote.
1938 - The House Un-American Activities Committee was established by Congress.
1940 - The Allies began Operation Dynamo, the massive naval evacuation of nearly 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France during World War II.
1954 - Explosions rocked the aircraft carrier USS Bennington off the coast of Rhode Island, killing 103 sailors. (The initial blast was blamed on leaking catapult fluid ignited by the flames of a jet.)
1971 - Don McLean recorded his song “American Pie” at The Record Plant in New York City (it was released the following November by United Artists Records).
1972 - President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow. (The U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)
1977 - George Willig, "the human fly," scaled the World Trade Center in New York City by attaching himself to the window washer mechanism and walking straight up until falling into police custody when he reached the top. It took Willig three and a half hours to make the climb, and he was fined $1.10 -- a penny per floor.
1978 - The first legal casino to be operated in the United States outside of Nevada was opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1981 - Fourteen people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.
1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in the Dominican Republic. (The couple divorced in 1996.)
2003 - Rwandans voted to approve a new constitution that instituted a balance of power between Hutu and Tutsi.
2004 - Nearly a decade after the Oklahoma City bombing, Terry Nichols was found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the attack. (Nichols later received 161 consecutive life sentences.)
2009 - President Barack Obama nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.
2009 - The California Supreme Court upheld the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that had taken place before the prohibition passed were still valid.
2011 - Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general responsible for the massacre of over 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995, is found and arrested in Lazarevo, a farming town north of Belgrade, Serbia. (Mladic was extradited to face trial in The Hague, Netherlands; he was convicted in 2017 on genocide and war crimes charges and is serving a life sentence.)
2018 - Joshua Holt, who traveled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman, but was jailed and labeled as the CIA’s top spy in Latin America, was set free by Venezuela’s anti-American government and returned to the United States with his wife.
2018 - The leaders of North and South Korea met for the second time in a month in a surprise summit at a border village to discuss Kim Jong Un’s potential meeting with President Donald Trump.
Birthdays
24 - Molly-Mae Hague (model)
24 - Kerry Ingram (actress)
28 - Kailin Chase (model)
32 - Julianna Rose Mauriello (actress)
36 - Brandi Cyrus (actress)
44 - Hrach Titizian (actor)
44 - Elisabeth Harnois (actress)
48 - Lauryn Hill (singer)
52 - Matt Stone (actor/producer)
53 - Joseph Fiennes (actor)
57 - Zola Budd (runner)
57 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
59 - Lenny Kravitz (singer)
61 - Bobcat Goldthwait (actor/comedian)
61 - Genie Francis (actress)
63 - Doug Hutchison (actor)
65 - Margaret Colin (actress)
74 - Hank Williams Jr. (singer)
74 - Philip Michael Thomas (actor)
74 - Pam Grier (actress)
75 - Stevie Nicks (singer)
84 - Brent Musburger (sportscaster)
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Today in Sports History - May 26
1923 - The inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for cars starts through public roads around Le Mans, France.
1925 - Ty Cobb becomes the first MLB player to collect 1,000 extra-base hits.
1959 - Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves before losing 1-0 in the 13th inning.
1980 - Steve Carlton (Philadelphia Phillies) became the first National League player to record six 1-hitters.
1988 - The Edmonton Oilers won their fourth Stanley Cup in five seasons, sweeping the Boston Bruins.
1990 - The Philadelphia Phillies retired Mike Schmidt's #20.
