On this day: May 26
May 26: Memorial Dayin the United States; National Sorry Day in Australia; Independence Day in Georgia, Lag BaOmerDamage to the Interstate 40 bridge
1644 – Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claimed victory at the Battle of Montijo.
1894 – Germany's Emanuel Lasker defeated Wilhelm Steinitz to become the world chess champion, beginning a record 27-year reign.
1999 – Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League final to become the first English football club to win three major championships in the same season.
2002 – Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridgenear Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fall into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River.
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On this day: May 26
May 26: Memorial Dayin the United States; National Sorry Day in Australia; Independence Day in Georgia, Lag BaOmerDamage to the Interstate 40 bridge
1644 – Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claimed victory at the Battle of Montijo.
1894 – Germany's Emanuel Lasker defeated Wilhelm Steinitz to become the world chess champion, beginning a record 27-year reign.
1999 – Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League final to become the first English football club to win three major championships in the same season.
2002 – Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridgenear Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fall into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River.
Augustine of CanterburyIsaac FranklinJeremy CorbynElizabeth PeerMore anniversaries:
May 25
May 26
May 27
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#this #day