What happend on 26th May

25.05
27.05
1908

At Masjid-al-Salaman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.

1906

Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.

1897

Bram Stoker's novel Dracula goes on sale in London.

1896

James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California.

1896

Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

1896

Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia.

1889

Opening of the first Eiffel Tower elevator to the public

1879

Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.

1868

The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.

1865

American Civil War: Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.