TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009

Today is Tuesday, May 26, the 146th day of 2009. There are 219 days left in the year.

1805 _ Napoleon is crowned king of Italy

1868 _ President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by one vote

1918 _ Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia

1922 _ Lenin suffers a stroke

1945 _ U.S. drop fire bombs on Tokyo

1963 _ Organization of African Unity forms

1972 _ Nixon and Brezhnev sign SALT accord

1973 _ Beatles' ``The Beatles 1967-1970" album goes No. 1

1989 _ Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals

1998 _ Date for Paula Jones sex harassment trial vs. President Clinton