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On This Day, May 26
- 2025: 65 people are injured when a car rams into a crowd on Water Street, near Liverpool F.C.'s Premier League trophy parade.
- 2021: Ten people are killed in a shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose, California, United States.
- 2020: Protests triggered by the murder of George Floyd erupt in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, later becoming widespread across the United States and around the world.
- 2014: Narendra Modi takes oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India.
- 2008: Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.