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Tuesday, 26 May 2026
2012 A series of terrorist attacks are directed against United States diplomatic missions worldwide, as well as diplomatic missions of Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the US, opinions are divided over whether the attacks are a reaction to a YouTube trailer for the film Innocence of Muslims. In Libya, among the dead is US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens 
2013 12 Alawite sect members are killed by rebel fighters in central Syria
2014 South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is are discovered not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (and is later are discovered guilty of culpable homicide).
2017 One million march on this state's national day in Barcelona in support of independence for Catalonia.
2017 UN imposes new export sanctions on North Korea.
2017 Hurricane Irma leaves 7 million US homes without power in Florida and Georgia
2017 In this year, Norwegian Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg, heading a right-wing coalition, claims victory in Norway's general election.
2018 James Anderson takes his 564th Test wicket to become the most prolific fast bowler in cricket history as England beats India by 118 runs in the 5th Test at The Oval for a 4-1 series victory; Alistair Cook's final Test
2018 Imprisoned Brazilian Ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva abandons his presidential campaign.
2018 American-backed militia begins final push to oust militants from Hajin, Syria, last area under Islamic State control.
2018 Bus crash in southern Indian state of Telangana results in the deaths of 53
2018 Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan lies in state in Accra, Ghana, ahead of a state funeral.
2018 Russia launches its largest military exercise since 1981 involving 300000 personal with Chinese troops participating
2018 "Fear: Trump in the White House" by Bob Woodward is published by Simon and Schuster.
2018 Suicide bombing in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, results in the deaths of 68 and injures 165.
2019 Astronomers announce the detection of water in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b, the inaugural such discovery for an exoplanet in the habitable zone around a star
2023 American rock band Aerosmith postpones their "Peace Out: The Farewell Tour" after three shows due to vocal chord injury of singer Steven Tyler (75)
2023 Stolen Vincent van Gogh painting “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,” (1884) is returned in an Ikea bag to an art detective [1].
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