1876 – 1st tie in NL history (Athletics and Louisville, 2-2 in 14)
1965 – Dave Davies of The Kinks knocked unconscious in an on stage scuffle with drummer Mick Avory at Cardiff’s Capital Theatre
1975 – 29th NBA Championship: Golden Warriors sweep Wash Bullets in 4 games
1981 – Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski (41) is 4th to play 3,000 MLB baseball games (Cobb, Musial and Aaron)
1989 – Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
1991 – Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
2003 – Néstor Kirchner becomes President of Argentina after defeating Carlos Menem. He is the first elected President since the economic crisis.
2021 – Coup in Mali as military Colonel Assimi Goïta ousts country’s civilian President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane arresting and detaining them
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Today in History for 25th May 2026
Historical Events
1936 – The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins
1941 – Ted Williams raises his batting average over .400 for 1st time in 1941
1965 – Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston at 2:12 of round 1 at Central Maine Civic Center, Lewiston to retain his WBC/WBA heavyweight boxing title
2013 – 17 children are killed by a gas cylinder explosion on a school bus in Gujrat, Pakistan
2018 – Barbados elects its first female Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who leads the Barbados Labour Party to victory
Famous Birthdays
1917 – Theodore Hesburgh, American Catholic priest and president of the University of Notre Dame (1952-87), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2015)
1931 – John Gabriel [Jack Monkarsh], American stage and screen actor (Ryan’s Hope), singer, lyricist, and producer, born in Niagara Falls, New York (d. 2021)
1938 – Lyudmila Buldakova, Russian volleyball player (Olympic gold USSR 1968, 72), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2006)
1946 – David A. Hargrave, American game designer and writer known as The Dream Weaver (Arduin), born in United States (d. 1988)
1978 – Adam Gontier, Canadian rock singer-songwriter (Three Days Grace), born in Peterborough, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1555 – Henry II of Navarre (1517-55), dies at 52
1667 – Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman and regent for Charles XI, dies at 47
2000 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), dies at 53
2004 – Roger W. Straus Jr., American publisher and co-founder of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, dies at 87
2020 – Balbir Singh Sr., Indian field hockey centre forward (Olympic gold 1948, 52, 56) and coach (World Cup gold 1975), dies at 96
Famous Deaths for 24th May 2026
1843 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician, dies at 78
1844 – William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies
1879 – William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist, social reformer and publisher (The Liberator), dies at 73
1979 – Ernest Bullock, British organist (Exeter Cathedral, 1917-28; Westminster Abbey, 1928-41), composer, and academic (Director of Royal College of Music, 1952-60), dies at 88
1988 – Tom Burtt, New Zealand cricketer (NZ slow left-arm bowler in 11 Tests 1947-53), dies at 73
1996 – John Abbott, British actor (The Jungle Book, Gigi, Smogasboard), dies from cancer at 90
1997 – Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (Knight Rider), dies of lung cancer at 74
2005 – Vivian Liberto, first wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934)
2007 – David Renton, British politician (one of the final National Liberal MPs), dies at 98
2019 – Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist who predicted quarks (1969 Nobel Prize for Physics for theory of elementary particles), dies at 89
Historical Events for 24th May 2026
1830 – First regular passenger rail service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line features horse-drawn railcars connecting Baltimore to Ellicott’s Mills
1956 – 1st Eurovision Song Contest: Lys Assia for Switzerland wins singing “Refrain” in Lugano
1959 – First house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania)
1962 – The Beatles record “Sweet Georgia Brown” and “Swanee” in Hamburg, Germany to close out their contract with producer Bert Kaempfert; Tony Sheridan later dubs vocal over tracks
1974 – 27th Cannes Film Festival: “The Conversation” directed by Francis Ford Coppola wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1986 – Reginald Huffstetler treads water for 985 hrs
1998 – 51st Cannes Film Festival: “Mia aioniotita kai mia mera / Eternity and a Day” by Theo Angelopoulos wins the Palme d’Or
2018 – US President Donald Trump cancels summit with North and South Korea because of hostile statements from North Korea
Today in History for 24th May 2026
Historical Events
1954 – German airline Lufthansa forms
1964 – The Beatles’ 4th appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”, features an interview and pre-recorded performance of “You Can’t Do That”
1968 – American boxer Bob Foster defeats holder Dick Tiger for the world light-heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Gardens, New York (goes on to defend title x 14)
1981 – Hostage situation ends at the Central Bank in Barcelona, Spain
2004 – North Korea bans mobile phones
Famous Birthdays
1881 – Mikuláš S chneider-Trnavský, Slovak composer (Missa pastoralis), born in Trnava, Slovakia (d. 1958)
1925 – Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, American actor (Rio Bravo), born in Aguilares, Texas (d. 2006)
1932 – Graham Arnold, British artist (Brotherhood of Ruralists), born in Sydenham, London (d. 2019)
1950 – Jo Ann Washam, American golfer (3 LPGA Tour titles), born in Auburn, Washington
1978 – Brian Ching, American footballer (U.S. National Team), born in Hale’iwa, Hawaii
Famous Deaths
1918 – Evan Williams, American oratorio tenor, dies at 50
1972 – Ismail Yasseen, Egyptian comedian and actor (Isamil Yassine as Tarzan, Ibn Hamidu), dies of a heart attack at 59
1987 – Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, British actress (Gigi; The Music Man), dies at 89
1991 – Miriam di San Servolo, Italian actress (b. 1912)
2025 – Susan Brownmiller, American activist and feminist author (Against Our Wills), dies at 90 due to complications after a fall
Famous Deaths for 23rd May 2026
1524 – Ismail I, Shah of Persia, converted Iran from Sunni to Shi’ah, dies at 36
1691 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer who improved measuring instruments (moon crater “Auzout”), dies at 69
1752 – William Bradford, English-born printer (Pennsylvania’s first printing press), dies at 89
1927 – Henry Edwards Huntington, American railroad executive (owned Pacific Electric Railway), dies at 77
1954 – H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies
1966 – Ruth Gates, American actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79
1969 – Peter Alma, Dutch painter and graphic artist, dies at 83
1981 – Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (The Blaze of Noon), dies at 70
2003 – Csaba Szabo. Hungarian composer, dies at 67
2009 – Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean politician (16th President of the Republic of Korea 2003-8), commits suicide at 62
Historical Events for 23rd May 2026
1945 – German island of Helgoland in the North Sea surrenders to British
1962 – Joe Pepitone 2nd NY Yankee to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)
1969 – 22nd Cannes Film Festival: “If…” directed by Lindsay Anderson wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1977 – Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in the Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
1992 – NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 0
2000 – Eminem releases his third studio album “The Marshall Mathers LP,” the fastest-selling studio album ever (Grammy – Best Rap Album, 2001)
2010 – 63rd Cannes Film Festival: “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins the Palme d’Or
2017 – Michael Bay is honored with a hand-and-footprint ceremony at The TCL Chinese Theatre
Today in History for 23rd May 2026
Historical Events
1943 – -24] 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund
1944 – Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front
1970 – A fire breaks out in the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits in north Wales contributing to its partial destruction and causing approximately £1,000,000 worth of fire damage
1974 – Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed
2019 – Fifty children rescued from an international paedophile ring on the dark web in Thailand, Australia and the US by Interpol under Operation Blackwrist, main organizer sentenced to 146 years
Famous Birthdays
1734 – Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician and hypnotist (Mesmerism), born in Iznang, Germany (d. 1815)
1933 – Joan Collins, British actress (Dynasty – “Alexix”; The Bitch), and writer, born in Paddington, London
1951 – Don Warrington [Donald Williams], Trinidadian-born British actor (Rising Damp), born in Trinidad
1958 – François Feldman, French pop singer and songwriter (Petit Frank), born in Paris, France
1964 – Staci Greason, American actress (Isabella Toscando in “Days of Our Lives”), born in Denver, Colorado
Famous Deaths
1498 – Girolamo Savonarola, Italian Dominican friar who helped expel Medici from Florence, becoming the city’s de facto ruler (1494-98), and preached against papal corruption, hanged at 45
1857 – Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and physicist, dies at 67
1926 – Hans Koessler, German composer, conductor and music teacher, dies at 73
1947 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (Le Petit Village), dies at 68
2025 – Barbara Ferris, British stage and screen actress (Nice Girl Like Me, Having a Wild Weekend), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 22nd May 2026
748 – Genshō, 44th Empress of Japan (715-24) and 5th woman to rule Japan, dies at 67 or 68 (b. 680)
1545 – Sher Shah Suri, Afghan Emperor of Bihar and Hindustan, established Sur Dynasty, dies in battle (b. 1472 or 1486)
1910 – Jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at 46
1922 – Ada Jane Jones, English-American popular singer, among the earliest female singers to be recorded, dies of kidney failure at 48
1928 – William Henry Temple Gairdner, British Christian missionary in Cairo, Egypt (Church Missionary Society). dies at 54
1943 – Helen Herron Taft, American First lady (1909-13) wife of President William Howard Taft, planted Washington’s cherry trees, dies at 81
1967 – Langston Hughes, American poet (Weary Blues), playwright (Mulatto), and librettist (Troubled Island), dies at 65
1971 – Frank Ottersen, Norwegian jazz violinist and saxophonist (Ding, Dong, Dang), dies at 50
2013 – Fusilier Lee Rigby, British Army soldier, murdered near the Royal Artillery Barracks in London by two Islamic terrorists, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale
2017 – (Granville) “Mickey” Roker, American jazz drummer (Art Farmer; Milt Jackson; Dizzy Gillespie), dies suffering from diabetes and lung cancer at 84
Historical Events for 22nd May 2026
1842 – Farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns in New York state when they stumble upon a large gaping hole in the ground
1897 – Blackwall Tunnel officially opens beneath the River Thames in London
1939 – Germany’s Adolf Hitler and Italy’s Benito Mussolini sign the “Pact of Steel” formalizing the 1936 alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis
1945 – 6th US Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa
1962 – New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris walks five times, including a record four intentional walks, in a nine-inning game
1974 – Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly and dies 14 months later
2015 – Pakistan begin the first test-playing nation cricket tour of Zimbabwe since 2009
2022 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Southern Hills CC: 2017 champion Justin Thomas beats Will Zalatoris by 1 stroke in a 3-hole playoff after 54-hole leader Mito Pereira double bogeys the 72nd hole