May 26

May 26th is officially Paper Airplane Day and Blueberry Cheesecake Day.

2021

Amazon announced the acquisition of film studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer for $8.45 billion.

2020

A series of worldwide protests began in reaction to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.

2019

Simon Pagenaud of France finished the 2016 Indy 500 just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi.

2002

Eminem released his fourth studio album, 'The Eminem Show.'

2000

Arthur C. Clarke was knighted.

1998

The United States Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island is primarily located in the state of New Jersey and not New York like many think it does.

1994

Lisa Marie, Elvis Presley's daughter, married Michael Jackson. However, they divorced after four years.

1993

Carlos Martinez famously hit a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run in major league baseball.

1990

Philadelphia Phillies retired the future Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt's uniform #20.

1969

NASA's Apollo 10 mission returned to earth after successfully testing all possible elements of a Moon landing.

1967

The Beatles released their eighth album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

1927

The last Ford Model T motor car was ceremoniously rolled off the assembly line.

1925

Ty Cobb, a future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder, was the first to gain 1,000 extra-base hits.

1923

The first-ever Le Mans endurance race began.

1822

Norway's deadliest fire happened when Grue's church burned down, killing one hundred and thirteen people inside.