Today in History - History - May 26th

1896Last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned

1996Laura Davies wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game

1992Weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour

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

1955Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade

19401st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky

1991Betsy King wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic

1924Pres Calvin Coolidge signs Immigration law: restricting immigration

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

1990Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20

1964Lenny Kravitz, American musician

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

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

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

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

1926Miles Davis, Alton, Illinois, American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer (d. 1991)

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

1910US General George S. Patton (24) weds Frederick Ayer's daughter Beatrice Ayer at Beverly Farms Episcopal Church near Boston, Massachusetts

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

1933Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35