26th of May 2026
26th of May 2026 is the 146th day of the year.
This day in history:
1868: The Last public hanging - ...more
1906: Prince of Wales Opens Vauxhall Bridge - ...more
1908: British Find Oil in Persia - ...more
1913: First Female Magistrate Appointed - ...more
1934: First ever Glyndebourne - ...more
More dates from British history.
British quote for the day:
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese - GK Chesterton.
Born today:
John Churchill Marlborough - 1650, Richard Carrington - 1826, Edward Godwin - 1833, Horace Smith-Dorrien - 1858, Bob Fitzsimmons - 1863, Spencer Gore - 1878, George Formby - 1904, Robert Morley - 1908, Matt Busby - 1909, Peter Cushing - 1913, Alec McCowen - 1925, Jeremy Corbyn - 1949, Michael Portillo - 1953, Helena Bonham Carter - 1966, Patsy Palmer - 1972, Paul Collingwood - 1976, Jason Manford - 1981.
Died today:
The Venerable Bede - 0735, Samuel Pepys - 1703, Sir William Sidney Smith - 1840, William Smith - 1840, James Kay-Shuttleworth - 1877, Horatio Bottomley - 1933, George Newman - 1948, Wilfrid Gibson - 1962, Don Revie - 1989.
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