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May 26: Day of the Week
May 26, 2024 is the 147th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 219 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Gemini is the zodiac 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.
May 26 Historical Event(s)
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.
1736
Battle of Ackia: British and Chickasaw soldiers repel a French and Choctaw attack on the Chickasaw village of Ackia, near present-day Tupelo, Mississippi. The French, under Louisiana governor Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, had sought to link Louisiana with Acadia and the other northern colonies of New France.
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.
1822
116 people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway’s history.
1869
Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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.
1966
British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
1972
The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1977
George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City’s World Trade Center.
1998
The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
Who were born on May 26?
1893
Eugène Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
1930
Karim Emami, Iranian translator (d. 2005)
1957
Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver
1958
Howard Goodall, British composer
1959
Steve Hanley, English musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
1968
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
1968
Steve Sedgley, English footballer
1978
Phil Elverum, American singer-songwriter
1981
Isaac Slade, American musician (The Fray)
1982
Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
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