May 26th, 1949

Born on May 26th, 1949

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What happened on May 26th?

May 26th, 1868

The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson adjourned after the second and third articles of impeachment did not obtain enough votes from the U.S. Senate to convict.

May 26th, 2025

A car rammed into a crowd on Water Street, Liverpool, injuring 65 people.

May 26th, 2020

Protests following the murder of George Floyd erupted in Minneapolis–Saint Paul before spreading across the United States and internationally.

May 26th, 2002

Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridge (aftermath pictured) near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fall into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River.

May 26th, 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.

May 26th, 1989

Tropical Storm Cecil dissipated over Laos after devastating Quảng Nam province, Vietnam, and causing the deaths of 751 people.

May 26th, 1967

The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the first progressive rock albums, was released.

May 26th, 1940

Second World War: The Allies began a mass evacuation of British, French and Belgian troops cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk.

May 26th, 1938

The House Un-American Activities Committee was established to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities by people or organizations in the U.S. suspected of having communist or fascist ties.

May 26th, 1933

American singer Jimmie Rodgers died at the Taft Hotel in New York City.

May 26th, 1932

Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide.

May 26th, 1906

Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster.

May 26th, 1897

The Church of England returned the original manuscript of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, an account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Plymouth Colony, to the state of Massachusetts.

May 26th, 1894

Germany's Emanuel Lasker defeated Wilhelm Steinitz to become the world chess champion, beginning a record 27-year reign.

May 26th, 1888

The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith first appeared in serial form in Punch.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 26th

Born on May 26th, 1949

77

Jeremy Corbyn

British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 2020

*May 26th, 1949, Chippenham

77

Ward Cunningham

American computer programmer who developed the first wiki

*May 26th, 1949, Michigan City

77

Pam Grier

American actress

*May 26th, 1949, Winston-Salem

77

Philip Michael Thomas

American actor (born 1949)

*May 26th, 1949, Columbus

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Born in 1949

77

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

76

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

77

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

76

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

77

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

77

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

77

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer, musician and actor (1949-2016)

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

76

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Austrian school economist and libertarian anarcho-capitalist philosopher

*September 2nd, 1949, Peine

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

77

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

76

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

76

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

76

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

77

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

77

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

*April 30th, 1949, Lisbon

67

Jutta Winkelmann

German film director and author (1949–2017)

*April 3rd, 1949, Kassel †February 23rd, 2017, Munich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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