May 26 in history
Events on May 26
Notable events that happened on May 26 in past years.
- 2025
65 people are injured when a car rams into a crowd on Water Street, near Liverpool F.C.'s Premier League trophy parade.
Wikipedia article: 2025 Liverpool parade attack - 2008
Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.
Wikipedia article: 2008 South China floods - 1998
A MIAT Mongolian Airlines Harbin Y-12 crashes near Erdenet, Orkhon Province, Mongolia, resulting in 28 deaths.
Wikipedia article: MIAT Mongolian Airlines - 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.
Wikipedia article: 1983 Sea of Japan earthquake - 1971
Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Wikipedia article: Bangladesh Liberation War - 1967
The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
Wikipedia article: The Beatles - 1940
World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
Wikipedia article: Siege of Calais (1940) - 1927
The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
Wikipedia article: Ford Model T - 1908
The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
Wikipedia article: Masjed Soleyman - 1879
Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
Wikipedia article: Russian Empire - 1864
President Abraham Lincoln signs legislation organizing the Montana Territory.
Wikipedia article: Abraham Lincoln - 1783
A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrates the end of fighting in the American Revolutionary War.
Wikipedia article: A Great Jubilee Day - 1573
The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Eighty Years' War.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Haarlemmermeer - 961
King Otto I elects his six-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. He is crowned at Aachen, and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda.
- 17
Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
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