May 26

Today in History
• 0961 - German King Otto II crowned
• 1538 - Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city
• 1596 - England, France and Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
• 1647 - Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony
• 1781 - Bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia
• 1790 - Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
• 1798 - British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara
• 1805 - Lewis and Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Buddha Day
• European Neighbors' Day
• Georgia Independence Day
• Independence Day (Guyana)
• National Paper Airplane Day
• National Road Trip Day
• Sally Ride Day
• World Dracula Day

Birthdays
• 1264 - Prince Koreyasu, 7th Japanese shogun
• 1478 - Clement VII, Giulio de' Medici, Italy, Pope, 1523-34
• 1566 - Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey, 1595-1603
• 1650 - John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist
• 1700 - Nicolaus Ludwig, Imperial Count von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf
• 1871 - Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier, 1946-47
• 1873 - C.G.N. de Vooys, Dutch translator and founder (New Taalgids)
• 1874 - Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer, double decker