1679 – Habeaus Corpus Act (strengthening person’s right to challenge unlawful arrest & imprisonment) passes in England
1703 – Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Russian Tsar Peter the Great
1873 – Heinrich Schliemann discovers “Priam’s Treasure” a cache of gold and other objects in Hisarlik (Troy) in Anatolia
1905 – Japanese fleet destroys the Russian East Sea fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, the only decisive clash between modern steel battleships in history
1940 – British and Allied forces begin the evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) during WWII
1963 – Jomo Kenyatta elected 1st Prime Minister of Kenya
1999 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo
2006 – Earthquake strikes Java, Indonesia at 5:53:58 AM local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta, killing over 6,600 people
Births & Deaths: 1911 – American actor Vincent Price, who was considered the master of horror films, was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
Film & TV: 1933 – Walt Disney’s short film “3 Little Pigs” released (Academy Award Best Animated film 1934)
1977 – The Sex Pistols release “God Save the Queen”, sparking major controversy and leading to a ban on the song by the BBC
Music: 2018 – South Korean boy band BTS are the first K-pop group to top the US Billboard 200 with their album “Love Yourself: Tear”
Sport: 1961 – Fiorentina of Italy win 1st European Cup Winner’s Cup against Glasgow Rangers 4-2 in Florence (2nd leg)
