May 26

Events

 * 1874 - is issued a patent for a device concerning "Automatic Telegraphy and in Perforators Therefor" (U.S. No. 151,209)
 * 1903 - Patent for the liquid barretter microphone is granted to Fessenden

Births

 * 1883 –, American singer (d. 1946)
 * 1886 –, American singer (d. 1950)
 * 1893 –, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
 * 1904 –, Polish pianist (d. 2002)
 * 1916 –, American composer, musician and poet (d. 1999)
 * 1920 –, American singer (d. 2002)
 * 1938 –, American composer
 * 1938 –, Canadian soprano
 * 1940 –, American musician (The Band)
 * 1945 –, Canadian drummer (The Guess Who)
 * 1946 –, English musician (d. 1993)
 * 1949 –, American singer
 * 1952 –, Christian musician
 * 1957 –, American musician
 * 1959 –, English musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
 * 1964 –, American musician
 * 1967 –, American musician (OSI)
 * 1976 –, American singer (Motion City Soundtrack)
 * 1977 –, American musician (Chimaira)
 * 1978 –, American singer-songwriter
 * 1981 –, Estonian singer
 * 1981 –, Greek singer
 * 1981 –, American musician The Fray

Deaths

 * 1902 –, American inventor (b. 1839)
 * 1968 –, American singer (b. 1937)
 * 1999 –, Swiss conductor (b. 1906)
 * 1999 –, American inventor (b. 1898)
 * 2005 –, American pianist (b. 1937)