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
- 17 –Germanicus returns to Rome as a conquering hero; he celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
- 1805 –Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Duomo di Milano, the gothic cathedral in Milan.
- 1864 –Montana is organized as a United States territory.
- 1869 –Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- 1879 –Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
- 1896 –Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- 1897 –Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.
- 1917 –Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon, killing 101 people and injuring 689.
- 1936 –In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.
- 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.
- 1948 –The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
- 1966 –British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
- 1969 –Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
- 1970 –The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
- 1972 –The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- 1981 –Prime Minister of Italy Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
- 1986 –The European Community adopts the European flag.
- 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.
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