Public Holidays on May 26

• 🌍 وقفة عرفة (تقديري) (United Arab Emirates)
• 🌍 وقفة عيد الأضحى المبارك (تقديري) (Egypt)
• 🌍 يوم عرفة (Saudi Arabia)

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Religious Observances on May 26

• Islamic: Hajj
• Islamic: Arafa

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On This Day in History — May 26

• 2008 — Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.
• 2004 — United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
• 2002 — The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
• 1998 — The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
• 1998 — The first "National Sorry Day" was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
• 1991 — Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.

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Notable Births on May 26

• 1996 — Lara Goodall, South African cricketer
• 1993 — Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
• 1993 — Dan Sarginson, Australian-English rugby league player
• 1993 — Katerine Savard, Canadian swimmer
• 1993 — Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player
• 1992 — Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player

Notable Deaths on May 26

• 2016 — Hedy Epstein, German-born American human rights activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Les Johnson, Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Robert Kraft, American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)
• 2015 — João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (b. 1979)
• 2015 — Dayton Waller, American soldier and politician (b. 1925)

Sports on May 26

• WNBA: Portland Fire @ New York Liberty — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 01:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Athletics — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Connecticut Sun @ Golden State Valkyries — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Colorado Avalanche @ Vegas Golden Knights — 04:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Washington Nationals @ Cleveland Guardians — 22:10 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on May 27

• 🌍 Children's Day (Nigeria)
• 🌍 Eid-ul-Adha (estimated) (Pakistan)
• 🌍 Eid'l Adha (estimated) (Philippines)
• 🌍 Hari Raya Haji (Singapore)
• 🌍 Hari Raya Haji (Tentative Date) (Singapore)
• 🌍 Hari Raya Idul Adha (perkiraan) (Indonesia)
• 🌍 Hari Raya Qurban (Malaysia)
• 🌍 Kurban Bayramı (Turkey)
• 🌍 عطلة عيد الأضحى (Saudi Arabia)
• 🌍 عيد الأضحى (تقديري) (United Arab Emirates)
• 🌍 عيد الأضحى المبارك (تقديري) (Egypt)

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Religious Observances on May 27

• Islamic: Eid-ul-Adha
• Islamic: Hajj
• Islamic: Urs Ismail Muhammad ash-Shirwani ق

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On This Day in History — May 27

• 2016 — Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
• 2006 — The 6.4 Mw Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
• 2001 — Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
• 1998 — Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
• 1997 — The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
• 1996 — First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.

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Notable Births on May 27

• 1994 — Aymeric Laporte, French footballer
• 1992 — Aaron Brown, Canadian sprinter
• 1991 — Sebastien Dewaest, Belgian footballer
• 1991 — Tim Lafai, Samoan rugby league player
• 1991 — Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player
• 1991 — Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer

Notable Deaths on May 27

• 2017 — Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1947)
• 2015 — Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (b. 1928)
• 2015 — Andy King, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• 2015 — Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)
• 2014 — Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)

Sports on May 27

• MLB: Houston Astros @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Philadelphia Phillies @ San Diego Padres — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Athletics — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks @ San Francisco Giants — 01:45 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 02:10 UTC Scheduled

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