By The Associated Press
                - Today is Wednesday, May 26, the 146th day of 1999. There are 219
                  days left in the year.

                - On May 26, 1868 the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson
                  ended with his acquittal on all remaining charges as the Senate
                  again fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority required for
                  conviction.
                - In 1521 Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms because of
                  his religious beliefs and writings.
                - In 1805 Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned king of Italy.
                - In 1865 arrangements were made in New Orleans for the surrender of
                  Confederate forces west of the Mississippi.
                - In 1913 Actors' Equity Association was organized.
                - In 1940 the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began
                  during World War II.
                - In 1960 U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge accused the Soviets of
                  hiding a microphone inside a wood carving of the Great Seal of the
                  United States they presented to the U.S. embassy in Moscow.
                - In 1969 the Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth after a
                  successful eight-day dress rehearsal for the first manned moon
                  landing.
                - In 1978 the first legal casino in the eastern U.S. opened in
                  Atlantic City, N.J.
                - In 1981 14 people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the
                  flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.
                - In 1991 a Lauda Air Boeing 767 crashed in Thailand, killing all 223
                  people aboard.
                - Ten years ago reports began circulating that House Majority Whip
                  Tony Coelho would resign to spare himself and the Democratic Party
                  the ordeal of an investigation into his ethics.
                - Five years ago President Clinton renewed trade privileges for China,
                  and announced his administration would no longer link China's trade
                  status with its human rights record. Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie
                  Presley were married in the Dominican Republic. (The marriage,
                  however, did not last.)
                - One year ago the Supreme Court made it far more difficult for police
                  to be sued by people hurt during high-speed chases. The Supreme
                  Court ruled that Ellis Island - historic gateway for millions of
                  immigrants - is mainly in New Jersey, not New York.

                *Happy Birthday*
                - Singer Peggy Lee is 79.
                - Actor James Arness is 76.
                - Actor Alec McCowen is 74.
                - Opera singer Teresa Stratas is 60.
                - Sportscaster Brent Musberger is 60.
                - Rock singer-musician Levon Helm (The Band) is 57.
                - Singer Stevie Nicks is 51.
                - Actor Philip Michael Thomas is 50.
                - Actress Pam Grier is 50.
                - Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 50.
                - Former astronaut Sally K. Ride is 48.
                - Actress Margaret Colin is 42.
                - Country singer-songwriter Dave Robbins (BlackHawk) is 40.
                - Actress Genie Francis is 37.