455 - Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome.
1835 - P.T. Barnum's circus begins its first tour of the U.S.
1851 - The first U.S. alcohol prohibition law is enacted in Maine.
1864 - The Battle of Cold Harbor enters its second day.
1866 - Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to U.S. forces.
1886 - Grover Cleveland is the first president to wed during his term.
1924 - U.S. citizenship is granted to all American Indians.
1943 - 99th Pursuit Squadron flies its first combat mission, over Italy.
1953 - Queen Elizabeth II's coronation takes place in Westminster Abbey.
1969 - Near South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne kills 74 when it slices the American destroyer Frank E. Evans in half.
1979 - Visiting Poland, John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit a Communist country.
1986 - Regular TV coverage of U.S. Senate sessions begins.
1989 - In Tiananmen Square, 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy.

Birthdays
1491 - King Henry VIII of England
1740 - Marquis de Sade, first known sadist, writer
1930 - Charles Pete Conrad Jr Phila, USN /astronaut (Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2)
1940 - Constantine II, deposed king of Greece

Passings
1882 - Guiseppi Garibaldi Italian rebel leader, dies at 74
1941 - Lou Gehrig, Yankee great, of ALS
1943 - Leslie Howard, actor, killed when Nazis shot down his plane
1988 - Horace A. Hildreth, Governor-ME

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Amspacher, William H., USNR (CA); EA1F shot down during search and rescue mission - Remains returned July, 1988
Christian, David M., USN (KS); A4E shot down; Remains returned April, 1986
McKamey, John B., USN (IN); A4E shot down; Released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998
McMican, M.D., USNR (WA); EA1F shot down during search and rescue mission - Remains returned April, 1988 / ID'd November, 1988
Plants, Thomas L., USN (OH); EA1F shot down during search and rescue mission - Remains ID'd April, 1991
Romano, Gerald M., USNR (NY); EA1F shot down during search and rescue mission - Remains returned July, 1988 / ID'd November, 1988

1966
Rosato, Joseph Frank, USAF (OH); Killed in action, body not recovered

1967
Carrier, Daniel L., USAF (CA); F4C shot down - Remains returned, ID'd November, 1989
Rockett, Alton C., Jr., USAF (AL); F4C shot down
Smith, Dewey Lee, USAF (KY); Released by DRV - alive as of 1998
Wood, Rex S., USN (IA); F8D crashed; Killed in action, body not recovered

VEHICLE MOVE — U.S. Marines prepare their light-armored vehicles for movement to Udairi Range, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, May 26, 2005. The Marines, assigned to Light-Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), are conducting live-fire exercises at Udairi Range in preparation for potential follow-on missions in the region. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Eric R. Martin