Almanac for May 26th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 26th: https://ko-fi.com/Post/May-26-Sporty-Thievz-P5P71G1F2A

Bummer May 26th

May 26, 1822: The church of Grue, Norway, catches fire during a Pentecost service. Constructed entirely out of wood, the church had three doors, one of which was quickly blocked by the fire. Between 113 and 116 people are killed. 

May 26, 1903: Marcel Renault, one of the three Renault brothers who founded the car company, dies of injuries he sustained two days before racing in the Paris-Madrid race sponsored by French and Spanish automobile clubs. He’s one of five drivers killed during the race, along with three spectators.

May 26, 1914: St. John’s College (Annapolis, Maryland) student William Bowlus dies of a gunshot wound fired at him by a first-year student. Bowlus, a third-year student, attempted to enter a dorm room occupied by five first-years to engage them in a class hazing ritual. The first-years refuse to reveal which of them fired the shot, so local law enforcement declines to prosecute.

May 26, 1991: Lauda Air Flight 004, flying from Bangkok to Vienna, breaks apart mid-flight and crashes into a national park in Thailand. All 223 people on board are killed. The bodies of victims who could be recovered were taken to a hospital in Bangkok, where they were stored without refrigeration; as a result of decomposition, 27 victims were never able to be identified. 

Lauda Air belonged to Austrian Formula One driver Andreas “Niki” Lauda, who himself had suffered severe burn injuries and almost died in a racing accident on August 1, 1976, at the German Grand Prix. 

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