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Tuesday, 26 May 2026
1983 In this year, Harold Washington claims Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary. 
1983 Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India
1983 Christina E "Christine" Auwen, singer/wife of John Kelly, dies at 75
1987 Pop artist Andy Warhol dies in New York City at age 58
1989 31st Grammy Awards Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman.
1989 Fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress
1989 New York Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50).
1989 The inaugural Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)
1989 UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"
1989 US authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals"
1990 inaugural day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland New Zealand 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
1990 Grain carrier collides with Polish fishing vessel in Vancouver Harbour; spilling 40000 litres of diesel fuel
1991 Actor Bill Bixby (57) weds Laura Michael (32).
1991 Bush and US Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal.
1991 Iraq begins setting fire to Kuwait's oil installations.
1991 Kelli McCarty, 21, (Kansas), crowned 40th Miss USA.
1991 Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs New Zealand at Hamilton.
1992 Barry Diller steps down as CEO of Fox.
1992 Ed McMahon, 69, weds Pamela Hurn, 37.
1992 Rockers Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) and Courtney Love (Hole), wed.
1993 Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours.
1994 Health Canada project finds traces of cigarette smoke compounds in fetal hair; inaugural biochemical proof that even offspring of non-smoking mothers are affected by passive smoke Ladies there is a reason to quit smoking.
1994 Iraq begins flooding its southern marshes to destroy the Shia Muslims living there.
1994 Paul Martin tables his inaugural Budget as Finance Minister; wants to cut deficit from $45 to 39 billion; cuts tobacco taxes to curb smuggling; announces four military bases to close
1995 Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters
1995 Bloc Quebecois leader Lucien Bouchard returns to the House of Commons where MPs give him a standing ovation; he had lost part of his leg to the so-called flesh-eating disease in late 1993
1996 Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice.
1996 STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit.
1998 "King and I," closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances
1998 18th Winter Olympics games close at Nagano Japan.
2005 More than 50 people were killed and over 100 injured after entire villages werere flattened in an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale in Zarand region of Kerman province in southern Iran.
2006 A bomb heavily damages the Al Askari Mosque, a Shiite holy site in Samarra, Iraq.
2006 The 1 billionth song is purchased from the Apple iTunes Store.
2007 A Large fire leads to 26 fatalities in care center "Regi" which is located in Alsunga, Latvia
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