Today in History - History - May 26th

1857US slave Dred Scott and family freed by owner Henry Taylor Blow 3 months after US courts ruled against them.

1992Weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour

2012Pope Benedict XVI's butler is arrested for allegedly leaking confidential documents

1972Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1998Date for Paula Jones sex harassment trial vs President Clinton

1963Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open

1997Sammy Sosa (Cubs) & Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park HRs

1925Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery

1925Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139)

1896Last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned

1913Peter Cushing, England, actor (Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who)

1907John Wayne [Marion Mitchell Morrison], Winterset IA, actor (Green Berets, True Grit)

1964Lenny Kravitz, American musician

1949Hank Williams Jr, Shreveport La, country singer (Honky Tonk)

1975Lauryn Hill, South Orange New Jersey, American singer-songwriter (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill)

1966Helena Bonham Carter, London, English actress (Fight Club, Howards End)

1994Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26) in La Romana, Dominican Republic

1973Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney (34) weds Mila Pivnicki (19)

1933Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35

2005Eddie Albert, American actor (Roman Holiday), dies of pneumonia at 99