Historical Events In May - 26

1934  On May - 26 century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago  

1934  On May - 26 abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader  

1935  Police kill 10, wound 100 in the "Memorial Day Massacre" in South Chicago on this day in history.  

1935  On this day in history sheila Steafel, South African-born British actress  

1936  On this day in history the first Government of Zealand in Belgium ends  

1936  On this day in history 1st govt of Zealand in Belgium ends  

1937  Dutch Rail NV at law forms on May - 26.  

1937  San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens on May - 26.  

1937  On this day in history yehuda Yannay, composer  

1938  On this day in history house Committee on Un-American Activities begins work  

1938  House on un-American Activities forms on this day in history.  

1938  On this day in history jackie Liebesit, rocker (Can)  

1939  Charles H Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74 on May - 26.  

1940  HMS CURLEW (AA), sunk in Lavangs Fiord, Ofotfiord near Narvik, northern Norway by German Ju88 bombers on May - 26.  

1940  Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk on this day in history.  

1940  On May - 26 the "Miracle of Dunkirk" evacuation begins in France during World War II  

1940  1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky on May - 26.  

1941  On this day in history american Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Philadelphia  

1941  Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck on May - 26.  

1941  On May - 26 german occupiers begin youth labor  

1941  On this day in history american Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila  

1942  On May - 26 anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London  

1942  On this day in history belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star  

1942  Tank battle at Bir Hakeim African corps vs British army on this day in history.  

1942  Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army on this day in history.  

1943  On May - 26 jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam  

1943  On May - 26 premier Churchill & General Marshall fly from US to North Africa  

1943  On this day in history the first president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)  

1943  On this day in history 1st president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)  

1943  Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1944  On this day in history 82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise  

1944  C M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies on May - 26.  

1945  On May - 26 uS drop fire bombs on Tokyo  

1946  On this day in history klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia  

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

1478  On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)  

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.  

1566  On this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

1591  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer  

1602  On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)  

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.  

1669  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)  

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.  

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

0818  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.  

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.  

1512  On this day in history bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies  

1595  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79  

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.