In a remarkable moment that captured the attention of fans and media alike, pop icon Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley, were married on May 26, 1994, in a private ceremony in the Dominican Republic.

On May 26, 1991, a Boeing 767 crashes into the jungle near Bangkok, Thailand, and kills all 223 people on board.

On May 26, 1972, Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev and U.

In a historic moment for Cold War diplomacy, President Richard M.

Don McLean Records "American Pie" at The Record Plant in 1971 In the bustling creative atmosphere of The Record Plant in New York City, singer-songwriter Don McLean captured a piece of musical history in 1971 with the recording of his iconic song "American Pie.

If you’d told a randomly selected group of American music fans in the spring of 1962 that a British act would soon achieve total dominance of the American pop scene, change the face of music and fashion and inspire a generation of future pop stars to take up an instrument and join a band, they would probably have scratched their heads and struggled to imagine such a thing.

During a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, U.

On May 26, 1940, American President Franklin D.

In 1938, amid rising tensions surrounding the threat of fascism abroad and growing concerns over communist influences at home, the United States Congress established the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).

On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford and his son Edsel drive the 15 millionth Model T Ford out of their factory, marking the famous automobile’s official last day of production.