1521: Martin Luther declared a heretic by the Edict of Worms
Passed this day in 1521, the Edict of Worms banned the writings of Martin Luther—a German cleric whose efforts to change the church led to the Reformation—and declared him an outlaw and a heretic who was to be captured.
1876: HMS Challenger
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The Challenger Expedition, a groundbreaking oceanographic exploration cruise carried out by the British Admiralty and the Royal Society, concluded successfully.
1896: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is first published. The Dow Jones is one of the world’s most important stock market indices. Today it comprises data from 30 major U.S. companies.
1908: Engineers make the first major oil find in the Middle East
The discovery in Masjed Soleyman in Iran had a major impact on the country’s and the world region’s economy and politics. More than half of the world’s oil reserves are located in the Middle East.
1923: The 24 Hours of Le Mans is held for the first time. The winners were André Lagarde and Albert Leonard of France, who covered 2210 kilometers in 24 hours.
1924: President Calvin Coolidge signs into law the Immigration Act of 1924, the most stringent U.S. immigration policy up to that time in the nation’s history.
1927: Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produce the last (and 15th million) Model T Ford / Tin Lizzie.
1964: With a membership now of 34 nations, the Organisation of African Unity holds its second summit in Cairo, Egypt. U.S. activist and black leader Malcolm X addresses the assembly.
1970: The Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2
The Russian plane, sometimes nicknamed Concordski, first took to the skies in 1968, two months before the Concorde.
1972: The Soviet Union and the United States sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
The ABM Treaty regulated the establishment of anti-ballistic missile shields against nuclear missiles. It was one of the most important treaties between the two superpowers during the Cold War.
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1999: Botswana’s Mpule Kwelagobe, age 19, becomes the first black African to win the world’s top beauty pageant, Miss Universe. She will be appointed a U.N. Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY: May 26
John Wayne (26 May 1907- 11 June 1979)
Marion Robert Morrison, motion-picture actor professionally known as John Wayne, and nicknamed “the Duke”, embodied the image of the strong, taciturn cowboy or soldier, was born on May 26 1907 in Winterset, Iowa. He became a popular icon through his starring roles in films that were produced during Hollywood’s Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies. He died at the age of 72.
Miles Davis (26 May 1926 – 28 September 1991)
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. He died at the age of 65.
Rebecca Masika Katsuva (26 May 1966 – 2 February 2016)
Congolese rape survivor advocate, in Katana, Democratic Republic of Congo. In 1999 during the Second Congolese Civil War, she was raped four times by government soldiers and rebels. In one attack, militants killed her husband and raped her and her two daughters, aged 13 and 14. The daughters were impregnated, and her husband’s family expelled them from their home. To assist other rape victims, she founded the Association des Personnes Desherites Unies pour le Development, providing shelter to abused women – 6,000 who were helped by her before her death on 2 February 2016 at the age of 49.
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