MONDAY, MAY 26, 2014

Today is Monday, May 26, the 146th day of 2014. There are 219 days left in the year.

585 B.C. ― First known prediction of a solar eclipse

1810 ― Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day)

1895 ― Oscar Wilde sentenced to two years hard labor for being a sodomite

1900 ― Eyre M. Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in the Olympics

1935 ― Jesse Owens equals or breaks six world records in one hour

1962 ― U.S. unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour workweek

1965 ― Cassius Clay KOs Sonny Liston in first round for heavyweight boxing title

1968 ― Rolling Stones release “Jumping Jack Flash"

1969 ― “Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating

1989 ― Mikhail Gorbachev elected executive president in the Soviet Union