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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 26
- 200th: 1824 - Brazil is recognized by USA.
- 150th: 1874 - Second Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56.5.
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Henry Farman; French aviation pioneer (double decker).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Cooper Evans; American politician (Representative-Republican-Iowa, 1981-87).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Victor Herbert; Irish/US composer (Kiss in Dark).
- 100th: 1924 - German Government of Wilhelm Marx resigns.
- 100th: 1924 - US President Calvin Coolidge signs Immigration Law (restricting immigration).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar; South African attorney/UDF-leader.
- 90th: 1934 - (to October 31) The Century of Progress Exposition centennial fair opens for a second year in Chicago, Illinois.
- 80th: 1944 - US 82nd Airborne division D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mère Eglise.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Verden "Phally" Allen; keyboardist (Mott the Hoople).
- 80th: 1944 - C M Francois, cricket player (WWII, 252 runs in five Tests for South Africa), dies.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Kevin Kennedy; baseball manager (Texas Rangers).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Lenny Kravitz; singer/guitar ("911 is a Joke", "Are You Gonna Go My Way?").
- 50th: 1974 - Joanne Carner wins Hoosier LPGA Golf Classic.
- 40th: 1984 - Tulsa, Oklahoma gets 13 inches of rain, 14 die.
- 30th: 1994 - George Wildman Ball, British under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at age 84.
- 25th: 1999 - The Indian Air Force launches an attack on intruding Pakistan Army troops and mujahadeen militants in Kashmir.
- 25th: 1999 - The first Welsh Assembly in over 600 years opens in Cardiff.
- 25th: 1999 - Manchester United wins the UEFA Champions League at the Nou Camp stadium, Barcelona, beating Bayern Munich to lift their third major trophy of the season, after winning the English Premier League and FA Cup, an unprecedented feat for a single season.
- 20th: 2004 - Terry Nichols is convicted by an Oklahoma state court on murder charges stemming from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
- 20th: 2004 - F.C. Porto wins the European Champion Clubs Cup defeating A.S. Monaco by 3-0.
- 15th: 2009 - France opens its first permanent military base in the Persian Gulf, in the Abu Dhabi emirate of the United Arab Emirates. The base will be manned by up to 500 French troops and include a navy base, air base, and training camp.
- 15th: 2009 - US President Barack Obama announces the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
- 15th: 2009 - More than 155 people are killed by Cyclone Aila in Bangladesh and West Bengal in eastern India. At least 500,000 people are made homeless by the storm.
- 5th: 2019 - (to May 27) More than 50 prisoners are killed in a series of riots at four different prisons in Amazonas, Brazil.
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