Historical Events for 26th May 2021

1328 – William of Ockham [Occam] forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII
1874 – 2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56.5
1972 – US President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign SALT accord
1972 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 – Super Fly Meets Shaft by John and Ernest hits #31
1982 – 35th Cannes Film Festival: “Missing” directed by Costa Gavras and “Yol” directed by Serif Goren and Yilmaz Güney jointly awarded the Palme d’Or
1987 – William H. Webster replaces Robert M. Gates as 14th director of CIA
1993 – 1st UEFA Champions League Final: Marseille beats Milan 1-0 at Munich
2004 – The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
2012 – A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvinkaa kills 2, wounds 7

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