March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
Day of death May 26, 1966
The temperature on May 26, 1966 was between 10.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
April 21 » Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
August 29 » Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
October 4 » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
November 13 » In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
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