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26 May 1650<\/h3>\n
Birth at Ashe House in Devon of John Churchill, future first Duke of Marlborough and victor at the battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet.<\/p>\n

26 May 1651<\/h3>\n
Jeanne Gardiner was executed for witchcraft at St George, Bermuda. During her trial she was subjected to ordeal by water, being twice thrown into the sea. According to a contemporary account \u201cshe did swyme like a corke and could not sinke\u201d.<\/p>\n

26 May 1868<\/h3>\n
The 27-year-old Fenian Michael Barrett becomes the last man to be publicly hanged in Britain as he is executed outside Newgate Prison for his alleged part in the Clerkenwell bombing which left 13 dead and 50 injured.<\/p>\n

26 May 1907<\/h3>\n
Marion Morrison, better known as the actor John Wayne, is born in Winterset, Iowa.<\/p>\n

26 May 1909<\/h3>\n
Matt Busby is born in the Scottish mining village of Orbiston. An ex-Manchester City and Liverpool player, he becomes manager of Man United. After surviving the 1958 Munich air crash, he leads United to victory in the 1968 European Cup Final.<\/p>\n

26 May 1650<\/h3>\nBirth at Ashe House in Devon of John Churchill, future first Duke of Marlborough and victor at the battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet.<\/p>\n

26 May 1651<\/h3>\nJeanne Gardiner was executed for witchcraft at St George, Bermuda. During her trial she was subjected to ordeal by water, being twice thrown into the sea. According to a contemporary account \u201cshe did swyme like a corke and could not sinke\u201d.<\/p>\n

26 May 1868<\/h3>\nThe 27-year-old Fenian Michael Barrett becomes the last man to be publicly hanged in Britain as he is executed outside Newgate Prison for his alleged part in the Clerkenwell bombing which left 13 dead and 50 injured.<\/p>\n

26 May 1907<\/h3>\nMarion Morrison, better known as the actor John Wayne, is born in Winterset, Iowa.<\/p>\n

26 May 1909<\/h3>\nMatt Busby is born in the Scottish mining village of Orbiston. An ex-Manchester City and Liverpool player, he becomes manager of Man United. After surviving the 1958 Munich air crash, he leads United to victory in the 1968 European Cup Final.<\/p>\n

26 May 1650<\/h3>\n
Birth at Ashe House in Devon of John Churchill, future first Duke of Marlborough and victor at the battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet.<\/p>\n

26 May 1651<\/h3>\n
Jeanne Gardiner was executed for witchcraft at St George, Bermuda. During her trial she was subjected to ordeal by water, being twice thrown into the sea. According to a contemporary account \u201cshe did swyme like a corke and could not sinke\u201d.<\/p>\n

26 May 1868<\/h3>\n
The 27-year-old Fenian Michael Barrett becomes the last man to be publicly hanged in Britain as he is executed outside Newgate Prison for his alleged part in the Clerkenwell bombing which left 13 dead and 50 injured.<\/p>\n

26 May 1907<\/h3>\n
Marion Morrison, better known as the actor John Wayne, is born in Winterset, Iowa.<\/p>\n

26 May 1909<\/h3>\n
Matt Busby is born in the Scottish mining village of Orbiston. An ex-Manchester City and Liverpool player, he becomes manager of Man United. After surviving the 1958 Munich air crash, he leads United to victory in the 1968 European Cup Final.<\/p>\n