About May 26
May 26, 2025 is the 146th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 219 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Gemini is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 267 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 26
- 1135 –Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in the Cathedral of Leon as Imperator totius Hispaniae, “Emperor of all of Spain”.
- 1328 –William of Ockham, Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII.
- 1538 –Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
- 1647 –Alse Young, hanged in Hartford, Connecticut, becomes the first person executed as a witch in the British American colonies.
- 1828 –Feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.
- 1830 –The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later.
- 1857 –Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
- 1864 –Montana is organized as a United States territory.
- 1879 –Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
- 1917 –Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon, killing 101 people and injuring 689.
- 1918 –The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
- 1938 –In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
- 1942 –World War II: The Battle of Bir Hakeim takes place.
- 1970 –The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
- 1972 –Willandra National Park is established in Australia.
- 1977 –George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City’s World Trade Center.
- 1991 –Lauda Air Flight 004 crashes in rural Thailand, killing 223.
- 1991 –Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
- 2004 –The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
- 2008 –Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.
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