Talk:May 26
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May 26: Independence Day in Guyana (1966) and Georgia (1918); Mother's Day in Poland; National Sorry Day in Australia.
- 1805 - Napoléon Bonaparte was crowned King of Italy at the Duomo di Milano with the Iron Crown of Lombardy.
- 1896 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published by Charles Dow as a stock market index.
- 1918 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia was proclaimed.
- 1972 – Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow, concluding SALT I.
- 1986 – The European Community adopted the European flag (pictured).
Recent days: May 25 – May 24 – May 23
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