{"id":21349,"date":"2020-05-26T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T03:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=21349"},"modified":"2020-05-27T09:25:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T03:55:03","slug":"history-of-26-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-26-may-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 26 May"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>History of 26 May<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0U.S. President Clinton\u00a0renewed trade privileges for China, and announced that his administration would no longer link China&#8217;s trade status with its human rights record.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; The U.S.\u00a0Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island was mainly in\u00a0New Jersey, not\u00a0New York.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police officer in high-speed chases are liable for bystander injuries only if their &#8220;actions shock the conscience.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; The <em>Grand Princess<\/em>\u00a0cruise ship made its inaugural cruise. The ship measured 109,000 tons and cost approximately $450 million, making it the largest and most expensive cruise ship ever built.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; The United States Senate approved legislation that allowed the U.S. Mint flexibility on how the mandatory inscriptions on the Washington quarter could be placed. H.R. 3301 allowed the mandatory inscriptions to be moved to the front of the quarter for the 50 States Circulating Commemorative Coin Program.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Zviad Gamsakhurdia\u00a0becomes the first elected\u00a0President\u00a0of the\u00a0Republic of Georgia\u00a0in the post-Soviet era.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Lauda Air Flight 004\u00a0breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the\u00a0Phu Toei National Park\u00a0in\u00a0Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Supreme Court of the United States\u00a0rules in\u00a0<em>New Jersey v. New York<\/em>\u00a0that\u00a0Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of\u00a0New Jersey, not New York.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> \u2013 The first &#8220;National Sorry Day&#8221; was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The tugboat\u00a0<em>Robert Y. Love<\/em>\u00a0collides\u00a0with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the\u00a0Arkansas River\u00a0near\u00a0Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 United States Army veteran\u00a0Terry Nichols\u00a0is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the\u00a0Oklahoma City bombing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Severe flooding\u00a0begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3\u00a0million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Robert Copeland, Australian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Anthony Ervin, American swimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Isaac Slade, American singer-songwriter and pianist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ben Zobrist, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sten Lassmann, Estonian pianist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Henry Holland, English fashion designer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Nathan Merritt, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Monika Christodoulou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ashley Vincent, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Michel Torn\u00e9us, Swedish long jumper<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Olcay \u015eahan, Turkish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Josh Thomas, Australian comedian and actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Will Chambers, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, Colombian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dani Samuels, Australian discus thrower<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Joel Selwood, Australian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Damian Williams, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dan Sarginson, Australian-English rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Katerine Savard, Canadian swimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lara Goodall, South African cricketer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 26 May 1994 &#8211;\u00a0U.S. President Clinton\u00a0renewed trade privileges for China, and announced that his administration would no longer link China&#8217;s trade status with its human rights record. 1998 &#8211; 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