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Events on May 26

• 1521 One day after the end of the Diet of Worms, the Edict of Worms, drafted by the papal nuncio Hieronymus Aleander, is publicly proclaimed by the remaining imperial estates, imposing the imperial ban on the reformer Martin Luther.
• 1828 The approximately 16-year-old Kaspar Hauser appears at Unschlitt Square in Nuremberg and speaks to the master shoemaker Weickmann. His case soon attracts international attention.
• 1923 In Le Mans, France, the first 24-hour race begins. The organizer is the Automobile Club de l’Ouest.
• 1938 In Fallersleben, Lower Saxony, Adolf Hitler lays the foundation stone for the Volkswagen plant, where the KdF car is to be produced in future by the Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH under the leadership of Ferdinand Porsche.
• 1940 During the Second World War, the Battle of Dunkirk begins as part of the Wehrmacht’s western campaign. Operation Dynamo, for the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force and remnants of the French Army, is carried out under the command of Admiral Bertram Ramsay.
• 1952 Germany concludes the Treaty on Germany with the western victorious powers France, Great Britain and the USA. The treaty regulates the end of the occupation statute and gives Germany the status of a sovereign state, but does not enter into force until 1955 as part of the Paris Treaties.
• 1967 In Great Britain, the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
• 1972 The Munich Olympic Stadium is opened.
• 1986 After the approval of the Council of Europe, its Committee of Ministers, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Communities and the European Court of Justice, the European Communities take over the European flag previously used by the Council of Europe.
• 1999 Manchester United defeats FC Bayern Munich 2:1 with two goals in stoppage time in the final of the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League at Camp Nou in Barcelona.
• 2020 Triggered by the murder of George Floyd, protests break out in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, soon spread throughout the entire United States and ultimately spread worldwide.
• 2022 The American action film TOP GUN: Maverick opens in German cinemas.

Born on May 26

• 1883 Peter Kürten, German serial killer
• 1895 Dorothea Lange, American photographer
• 1907 John Wayne, American actor
• 1920 Peggy Lee, American singer
• 1932 Frank Beyer, German film director
• 1951 Ilona Christen, German radio and television presenter
• 1951 Sally Ride, American astrophysicist and astronaut
• 1971 Matt Stone, American creator of the animated series South Park
• 2000 Hannah Neise, German skeleton racer
• 2002 Jan Thielmann, German football player

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „26. Mai“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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