Born on May 26
May 26 birthdays & history
If you were born on May 26, you share a birthday with John Wayne, Miles Davis and Sally Ride. May 26 babies are Gemini, with emerald as their birthstone and the lily of the valley as their birth flower. May 26 is the 147th day of the year in leap years (146th in other years).
Famous people born on May 26
- 1907John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer
- 1926Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader
- 1951Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science
- 1966Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
- 1478Clement VII, pope of the Catholic Church
- 1964Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
- 1949Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
- 1895Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist
- 1667Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist
- 1948Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter
What happened on May 26
- 1328English friar William of Ockham, who popularised the methodological principle known as Occam's razor, secretly left Avignon under threat from Pope John XXII.
- 1805Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral, the gothic cathedral in Milan.
- 1864President Abraham Lincoln signs legislation organizing the Montana Territory.
- 1869Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- 1888The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith first appeared in serial form in Punch.
- 1896Nicholas II is crowned as the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
- 1896Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- 1906Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster.
- 1918The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
- 1932Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide.
- 1967The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the first progressive rock albums, was released.
- 1999Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League final to become the first English football club to win three major championships in the same season.
Also observed on May 26
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guyana from the United Kingdom in 1966.
- Mother's Day (Poland)
- National Paper Airplane Day (United States)
- National Sorry Day (Australia)
Questions, answered
What star sign is May 26?
People born on May 26 are Gemini. Their birthstone is emerald and their birth flower is the lily of the valley.
Which famous people were born on May 26?
John Wayne (1907), Miles Davis (1926), Sally Ride (1951), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Clement VII (1478), Lenny Kravitz (1964) were all born on May 26.
What happened on May 26 in history?
Among other things: in 1932, Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide; in 1967, The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the first progressive rock albums, was released; in 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.
Can I get a newspaper front page from May 26?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any May 26 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “May 26”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.