What happend on 26th May

25.05
27.05
2004

The New York Times publishes an admission of journalistic failings, claiming that its flawed reporting and lack of skeptism towards sources during the buildup to the 2003 war in Iraq helped promote the belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.

2003

Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes. The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year.

2002

Álvaro Uribe becomes President of Colombia.

2002

The Mars Odyssey finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet Mars.

1991

Lauda Air Flight 004 explodes over rural Thailand, killing 223.

1991

Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.

1986

The European Community adopts the European flag.

1978

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens.

1977

George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center.

1972

The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.