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