26. May
of the 26. May is the 146. Day of the Gregorian calendar (the 147. in leap years), thus 219 days up to the year end remain.
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of events
- 1818: With the new customs law the different excise duties in Prussia by a uniform external tariff replaces
- 1828: Kaspar of houses dips into Nuremberg on
- 1906: Buffalo Bill gastiert alsoits troop at the Viennese Prater
- 1918: Georgien. First declaration of independence
- 1924: The Einwanderungsgesetz (immigration act) of the USA comes into force
- 1952: Tuning over the Germany contract
- 1960: Der of erste Of laser of wird of fertig of gebaut
- 1964: Germany. Federal President Heinrich Luebke, of France head of state Charles de Gaulle and Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg weihen the international waterway Mosel one
- 1966: Guyana attains independence from the united kingdom
- 1969: Representative of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Perusigns the agreement by Cartagena, with that and pact is created
- 1972: With the salt iv-yield the first agreement is met to arms control between the superpowers
- 1983: Iceland. Steingrimur Hermansson becomes a new head of the government
- 1986: Those European community takes the European flag on
- 1991: Swiad Gamsachurdia becomes in Georgien a president
- 1993: The German Bundestag the fundamental right with the change of article 16 of the Basic Law on asylum strongly one
- 2003: Rwanda. 93 %Agreement for new condition
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economics
- 1896: At the New Yorker stock exchange for the first time the Dow-Jones index publishes
- 1938: Fallersleben, Germany. The foundation-stone for the Volkswagenwerk is put
science andTechnology
- 1906: German engineer August von Parseval undertakes the first successful travel with its airship [ work on
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culture
- 1828: Premiere of the opera Les franc Juges of Hector Berlioz at the Salle you Conservatoire in Paris
- 1836: Premiere of the opera The Maid OF Artois of Michael William Balfe in the Drury Lane Theatre in London
- 1927: Premiere of the Operette fairy tales in the snow by Robert pride at the Johann bunch theatre in Vienna
- 1936: Premiere of the opera Doctor Johannes fist of Hermann Reutter in Frankfurt/Main
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disasters
- 1991: Bei einer Boeing 767 der Lauda Air schaltet sich nahe Bangkok durch einen Systemfehler im Steigflug die Schubumkehr ein. The crash of the machine leadsto the death of all 223 humans on board
- 1998: Mongolia. A Yunshuji Y-12 of the MIAT Mongolian airlines hits few minutes after the start in Erdenet against a mountain. All 28 passengers die
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sport
- 1894: ThatGerman Emanuel Lasker becomes by a match victory against the Austrian William Steinitz (result: 10-5 victories; 4 Remis) second chess world champion
- 1907: The German gulf federation is created
- 1923: In Le Mans finds the first 24-Stunden-Rennen instead of
- 1967: The donationGerman sport assistance is created in Berlin
- 1999: UEFA champion League final in Barcelona Bavaria Munich: Manchester United 1:2
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born
- 1478: Giulio de Medici, as Klemens VII. Pope 1523-1534
- 1602: Philippe de Champaigne, French painter
- 1623: William Petty, British physicist and economist
- 1650: John Churchill, 1. Duke of Marlborough, English field gentleman
- 1667: Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician
- 1700: Nikolaus count von Zinzendorf, German lutherisch pietistischer theologian
- 1746: Johann Friedrich Doles D. J., German composer
- 1764: Edward Livingston, US-American minister of foreign affairs
- 1799: August Kopisch, German painter and writer („the Heinzelmännchen to Cologne “)
- 1806: Vinzenz Jakob von Zuccalmaglio, German writer
- 1821: Amalie Dietrich, German Botanikerin and Zoologin
- 1822: Edmond de Goncourt, French writer
- 1826: Smelling pool of broadcasting corporationsChristopher Carrington, English astronomer
- 1849: Stroke ore of Herkomer, English painter, sculptor, musician and writer
- 1865: Akseli Gallen Kalela, Finnish painter
- 1867: Maria von Teck, Gemahlin of the British king George III
- 1873: Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and draughtsman (Simplicissimus)
- 1877: Isadora Duncan, US-American dancer
- 1883: Peter Kürten, German series murderer
- 1895: Dorothea is enough, US-American Fotografin
- 1907: John Wayne, US-American actor
- 1909: Matt Busby, BritishFootball coach
- 1910: Laurance Rockefeller, US-American billionaire
- 1912: János Kádár, communist and Hungarian politician
- 1913: Annemarie field man, German politician and MdB
- 1917: Isabella Nadolny, German authoress and translator
- 1919: Rubén González,Cuban pianist
- 1922: Peggy Lee, US-American singer
- 1922: Harsh ore harms, German athlete and olympia medal winner
- 1923: Refuge groping ore, German actor
- 1923: James Arness, US-American actor
- 1926: Miles Davis, US-American jazz Trompeter
- 1927: Christian count von Krockow, German politics policy and writer
- 1930: Sivuca, Brazilian accordion player
- 1931: Willibald help, German broadcast director
- 1932: Franc Beyer, German film director
- 1938: Teresa Stratas, Canadian singer
- 1939: Manfred Kant ago, German politician, MdB and Federal Minister
- 1943: Erica Terpstra, Netherlands swimmer and parliament delegate
- 1946: Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist
- 1946: Ruprecht Polenz, German politician
- 1948: Stevie Nicks, US-American singer
- 1954: Lisbeth Zwerger, Austrian Kinderbuchillustratorin
- 1955: Doris Dörrie, German actress, film script authoress and rain eating urine
- 1957: Ulrike Lunacek, Austrian politician
- 1957: Margareta wolf, German politician
- 1958: Marian gold, German singer and Songschreiber
- 1964: Lenny Kravitz, US-American musician
- 1964: Waleri Borissowitsch Salow, Russian chess master
- 1966: Helena Bonham Carter, British actress
- 1966: Zola Budd, former South African light athlete
- 1967: Kristen Pfaff, ex-Bassistin the US-American volume gets
- 1968: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
- 1971: Matt Stone, creator of the Comic transmission South Park
- 1975: Lauryn Hill, US-American singer
- 1978: Benji Gregory, US-American actor
- 1981: Eda Ines Etti, estnische singer
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Died
- ,604: Augustinus of Canterbury, first archbishop of Canterbury
- ,735: Beda Venerabilis, English Benediktinermönch, theologian and historical writer
- ,946: Edmund I., King of England
- 1055: Adalbert the victorious one, Mark count of Austria
- 1552: Sebastian Münster, GermanSwiss Kosmograph and Hebraist
- 1566: Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer and organist
- 1595: Philipp Neri, catholic Reformer and holy
- 1648: Vincent Voiture, französischer Dichter und Schriftsteller
- 1679: Ferdinand Maria, Kurfürst von Bayern
- 1703: Samuel Pepys, British writer
- 1727: Francesco Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza
- 1774: William pure hard count von Neipperg, Austrian army leader
- 1818: Michael Andreas Barclay deTolly, Russian general and war Minister
- 1828: John Oxley, Australian discoverer
- 1831: George Hermes, German theologian and philosopher
- 1845: Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelandic poet and scientist
- 1873: August Conradi, German composer
- 1881: The Jakobs Bernays, German Philologe and philosophical writer
- 1883: Abd el-Kadar, Algerian Emir and freedom fighter
- 1884: Joaquim António de Aguiar, threefold head of the government von Portugal
- 1884: William figure eight man, German sculptor
- 1892: Max one of Forckenbeck, German lawyer, politician and citizen of Berlin mayor
- 1912: January Blockx, Belgian composer
- 1915: Emil Lask, German philosopher
- 1923: Albert Leo Schlageter, national socialist
- 1928: Rudolf Heinze, German lawyer and politician
- 1933: Jimmie Rodgers, musician (Country music)
- 1940: William, prince of Prussia, oldest son of the Prussian and German Crown Prince
- 1943: Edsel Ford, Sohn von Henry Ford, Präsident Ford engine company
- 1943: Purely Boomsma, Netherlands football national player
- 1944: Christian Wirth, German civil servant of the Kriminalpolizei, Nazi criminal
- 1951: Lincoln Ellsworth, US-American polar researcher
- 1953: Albert Spalding, US-amerikanischer violin virtuoso and composer
- 1954: Franz Pfemfert, journalist, publisher, literary critic, photographer
- 1955: Alberto Ascari,Italian running driver
- 1958: Ruth Smith, färöische painter and Grafikerin
- 1966: Hermann shepherds, German politician and MdB
- 1973: Karl Löwith, German philosopher
- 1976: Heinz Musculus, German caricaturist, draughtsman and Illustrator
- 1976: Martin Heidegger, German philosopher
- 1977: Billy Powell, US-American singer
- 1986: Gian Carlo Coppola, US-American actor
- 1989: Phineas new fount, jazz pianist
- 1994: George ball, US-American lawyer, politician and diplomat
- 1997: Manfred von Ardenne, German scientist
- 1999: Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and Mäzen
- 2001: Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer
- 2003: Kathleen Winsor, US-American actress
- 2005: Eddie Albert US-amerikanischer actor
- 2005: Sangoulé Lamizana, burkinabischer politician, president1966-1980
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celebration and anniversaries
- national holiday in Georgien (independence day of 1918)
- Philipp Neri
- nut/mother day in Poland
see also: Historical anniversaries, time scale
