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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_26" title="May 26">May 26</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Sorry_Day" title="National Sorry Day">National Sorry Day</a></b> in Australia; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Georgia)" title="Independence Day (Georgia)">Independence Day</a></b> in Georgia (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a>), <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag_BaOmer" title="Lag BaOmer">Lag BaOmer</a></b> (Judaism, 2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1644" title="1644">1644</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Restoration_War" title="Portuguese Restoration War">Portuguese Restoration War</a>: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claimed victory at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Montijo" title="Battle of Montijo">Battle of Montijo</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894" title="1894">1894</a> – Germany's <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Lasker" title="Emanuel Lasker">Emanuel Lasker</a></b> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Steinitz" title="Wilhelm Steinitz">Wilhelm Steinitz</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1894" title="World Chess Championship 1894">become the world chess champion</a>, beginning a record 27-year reign.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> won <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="1999 UEFA Champions League final">the UEFA Champions League final</a></b> to become the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_England" title="Football in England">English football</a> club to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1998–99 Manchester United F.C. season">win three major championships in the same season</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a> – Barges being towed <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-40_bridge_disaster" title="I-40 bridge disaster">destroyed part of a bridge</a></b> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webbers_Falls,_Oklahoma" title="Webbers Falls, Oklahoma">Webbers Falls, Oklahoma</a>, causing vehicles to fall into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Kerr_Reservoir" title="Robert S. Kerr Reservoir">Robert S. Kerr Reservoir</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River" title="Arkansas River">Arkansas River</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury" title="Augustine of Canterbury">Augustine of Canterbury</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 604); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_Xingqin" title="Yuan Xingqin">Yuan Xingqin</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 926); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1949); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Peer" title="Elizabeth Peer">Elizabeth Peer</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1984)</p>
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