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Codex Hierosolymitanus
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Codex Hierosolymitanus

An 11th century Greek manuscript preserving early Christian texts and the complete Didache.

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Today in history

26 May 2026

  • 1999 The international war crimes tribunal indicts Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for war atrocities.
  • 1960 A military coup overthrows the democratic government of Turkey.
  • 1972 President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev sign an arms reduction agreement.
  • 1969 Construction begins on Walt Disney World in Florida.
  • 1944 American General Douglas MacArthur lands on Biak Island in New Guinea.
  • 1942 German General Erwin Rommel begins a major offensive in Libya with his Afrika Korps.
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