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A bit of May 26th history…
1647 - Alse Young becomes 1st person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartfort, Connecticut (pictured)
1805 - Lewis & Clark sight the Rocky Mountains
1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy
1896 - Last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, is crowned
2019 - 9 climbers die in a week on Mt Everest after overcrowding leads to a huge queue to reach the summit (pictured below)
Today In History: May 26