Wikipedia:Today's featured list/May 2026
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May 1
Washington College is a private liberal arts college in Chestertown, Maryland, which is on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The college was founded in 1782 by William Smith, but is the successor institution to the earlier Kent County Free School, which was founded in 1732. Its alumni include two governors of Maryland, a governor of Delaware, four United States senators, seven members of the United States House of Representatives, and nine state senators. Nine alumni played at least one game in Major League Baseball, including Jake Flowers, who was on two World Series-winning teams. John Emory, the namesake of Emory University and Emory and Henry College, graduated from Washington College. Several alumni have been successful writers, including James M. Cain. (Full list...)
May 4
There are 58 monuments of national significance in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. The State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine classifies cultural heritage monuments as either of local or national signficance. To be classified as nationally significant, a monument must have had a substantial impact on Ukrainian culture, be associated with major historical events or individuals who shaped national culture, represent a masterpiece of creative genius, or embody a disappeared civilisation or artistic style. Monuments of national significance are inscribed on the register by the Cabinet of Ministers and are protected and maintained by the Ministry of Culture. Zhytomyr Oblast is divided into four raions (districts) – Berdychiv, Korosten, Zhytomyr, and Zviahel – which respectively contain 12, 7, 34, and 5 monuments of national significance. Of these, 43 are classified as architectural monuments (one pictured), 12 as archaeological monuments, and 3 as historic monuments. (Full list...)
May 6
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Artists from South Africa have collectively won 34 Grammy Awards from 114 nominations. Miriam Makeba (pictured), a South African singer, is widely reported as having been the first African Grammy Award winner when she won Best Folk Recording for An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba in 1966 at the 8th Annual Grammy Awards, although South African–born sound engineer Phil Ramone had won a Grammy a year earlier. Makeba won her award while fighting the apartheid regime in South Africa during her exile. Ramone is the most honoured South African Grammy Award winner, with fourteen accolades, followed by Ladysmith Black Mambazo (five), and the Soweto Gospel Choir and Wouter Kellerman (three each). In 2024, Tyla became the youngest African soloist to win a Grammy after receiving the inaugural Best African Music Performance award for "Water" at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. Other South African artists who have been nominated for Grammy Awards include Hugh Masekela and Trevor Noah. (Full list...)
May 8
The FA Amateur Cup final was staged 71 times and 36 different clubs won the Cup. The Football Association Amateur Cup, commonly known as the FA Amateur Cup, was a national knockout cup competition for English amateur football clubs, which was organised by, and named after, the FA (The Football Association). It was staged for the first time in the 1893–94 season, in response to the increasing domination of the sport by professional teams. The first tournament was won by Old Carthusians, who beat Casuals in a match held at the Richmond Athletic Ground. The competition was discontinued after the 1973–74 season, when the FA abolished their policy whereby all clubs were officially considered to be either professional or amateur in status. The record for the most wins is held by Bishop Auckland, with ten victories, followed by Clapton and Crook Town with five wins each. (Full list...)
May 11
The Australian Convict Sites are a World Heritage Site that consists of eleven penal sites associated with convict transportation to Australia. The sites were constructed during the 18th and 19th centuries, a period during which around 166,000 people were transported to Australia. Convicts were sent to Australia for a range of offences, including committing petty crimes and supporting particular political causes. Convicts were subjected to forced labour, which was used as a means of deterrence and rehabilitation, and as a way of developing the Australian colonies. Several thousand sites, including prisons and labour facilities, were established across Australia to support the convict system. The eleven designated sites served varied functions, including development of the colony's land and exploitation of its natural resources, deterrence of crime through secondary punishment, and rehabilitation of convicts. (Full list...)
May 13
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an American indie rock band formed in 2000 in New York City, and have received 9 awards and 35 nominations since the release of their first album in 2003. The band consists of lead vocalist Karen O, guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. They have released five albums: Fever to Tell (2003), Show Your Bones (2006), It's Blitz! (2009), Mosquito (2013), and Cool It Down (2022). They have earned four nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album for Fever to Tell, Show Your Bones, It's Blitz!, and Cool It Down; the first was also nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize. Their singles "Maps", "Heads Will Roll", and "Sacrilege" collectively received seven nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards, and "Spitting Off the Edge of the World" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. (Full list...)
May 15
The 2013 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards were presented by MultiChoice. The ceremony took place on 9 March 2013 at the Exhibition Center, Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos, Nigeria. The awards honour excellence in television, film, and digital content creation in the African entertainment industry. Otelo Burning had 14 nominations, closely followed by The Mirror Boy with 11, and Man on Ground with 10. Otelo Burning won four awards including Best Picture. Other notable winners included OC Ukeje, who won Best Actor in a Drama for his role in Two Brides and a Baby, and Jackie Appiah, who won Best Actress in a Drama for her performance in Perfect Picture. (Full list...)
May 18
In 1987, Mississippi voters decided ten constitutional amendments to the state constitution, with topics that included symbolically legalizing interracial marriage and requiring political candidates to live in the district they seek to represent. With ten amendments decided by voters, it was the most decided in a single year since 1912. Of the ten measures, all but one passed by wide margins; the exception was Amendment 3, which repealed the state's unenforceable interracial marriage ban. It narrowly passed, with 51.76% in favor. (Full list...)
May 20
Quentin Tarantino (pictured) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author who has made ten feature films and six short films. He has additionally directed several television episodes, and been an actor or producer for multiple other projects. He first began his career in the 1980s by directing and writing Love Birds In Bondage, and as an independent filmmaker, he directed, wrote, and appeared in the violent crime thriller Reservoir Dogs (1992), which proved to be Tarantino's breakthrough film. Several films which he was the writer and director for since were major critical or commercial successes, including the 1994 neo-noir black comedy Pulp Fiction, the two-part martial arts film Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2 (2003–2004), the 2012 Western film Django Unchained, and his latest theatrical release, the 2019 drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He has additionally been awarded for his direction of "Grave Danger", a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode. (Full list...)
May 22
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The first overall pick in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the league's annual draft. The first pick is awarded to the team that wins the NBA draft lottery; in most cases, that team had a losing record in the previous season. China's Yao Ming (2002), Italy's Andrea Bargnani (2006), and France's Victor Wembanyama (2023) and Zaccharie Risacher (2024) are the only players without competitive experience in the United States to be drafted first overall. Eleven other international players with U.S. college experience have been drafted first overall. (Full list...)
May 25
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American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake has embarked on seven concert tours during his solo career, five of which have been worldwide and two of which have been collaborative. His 2003 debut, The Justified World Tour, began with intimate gigs at clubs and theaters in the United States and Australia before expanding to arenas in Europe. In summer 2003, Timberlake and Christina Aguilera headlined The Justified & Stripped Tour. Later that year, he recorded the song "I'm Lovin' It", used by McDonald's as the theme to its "I'm Lovin' It" campaign. The deal with McDonald's earned Timberlake an estimated $6 million. A tour titled Justified and Lovin' It Live was included with the deal, following his initial Justified World Tour. For the release of his second album, FutureSex/LoveSounds, Timberlake embarked on his second worldwide tour, FutureSex/LoveShow, in 2007, which eventually became the third highest-grossing concert tour of the year. During the tour, he visited Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. (Full list...)
May 27
There have been 69 post-Revolution governors of the U.S. state of Connecticut, serving 73 distinct spans in office. The governor of Connecticut is the head of government, and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Connecticut General Assembly and to convene the legislature. The longest terms in office were that of the first governor, Jonathan Trumbull, who served over 14 years, but 7 of those as colonial governor, and his son, Jonathan Trumbull Jr., who served over 11 years solely as state governor. The shortest term was that of Hiram Bingham III, who served only one day in 1925 before resigning to take an elected seat in the United States Senate. Additionally, Lowell Weicker is noted for a rare third party win in American politics, having been elected to a term in 1990 representing A Connecticut Party. (Full list...)
May 29
Lorisoids are members of Lorisoidea, a superfamily of nocturnal primates. Members include lorises, angwantibos, pottos, galagos, and bushbabies. Lorisoidea is one of two superfamilies that form the suborder Strepsirrhini, itself one of two suborders in the order Primates. They are found in Asia and Africa, generally in forests, though some species can be found in shrublands and savannas. The thirty-five extant species of Lorisoidea are divided into two families: Galagidae, containing nineteen bushbaby and galago species divided between six genera, and Lorisidae, containing sixteen species divided between the three genera in the loris subfamily Lorisinae and the two genera of the angwantibo and potto subfamily Perodicticinae. (Full list...)