Historical Events for 26th May 2023

1887 – Racetrack betting becomes legal in NY state
1918 – Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat
1924 – US President Calvin Coolidge signs Immigration law restricting immigration
1962 – “All American” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 performances
1973 – British composer Michael Tippett’s 3rd Piano Sonata premieres
1981 – The Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due)
1993 – 1st UEFA Champions League Final: Marseille beats Milan 1-0 at Munich
2012 – A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvinkaa kills 2, wounds 7
2013 – 66th Cannes Film Festival: “Blue Is the Warmest Colour” directed by Abdellatif Kechiche wins the Palme d’Or. The two main actresses in the film, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux also awarded
2020 – US restricts travel from Brazil as the country posts world’s second highest number of recorded cases of COVID-19

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