Love trivia? Here are 14 facts about Dred Scott, Dracula, Dow Jones and more from May 26.
- 1783 – A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
- 1857 – Slave Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
- 1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory.
- 1868 – The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
- 1896 – Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
- 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- 1897 – Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
- 1923 – The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held. The famous race has since been run annually in June.
- 1938 – In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
- 1967 – The Beatles' seminal album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
- 1969 – Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
- 1986 – The European Community adopts the European flag.
- 1998 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. The top image is of new arrivals at Ellis Island.
- 1998 – The first "National Sorry Day" to apologize for the generations of children wrongfully wrenched away from their indigenous parents and communities, was held in Australia. Reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people. The National Sorry Day event has since spread to include other public statements of apology by governments over its treatment of citizens and indigenous cultures.
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