Historical Events In May - 26

1946  On May - 26 patent filed in US for H-Bomb   

1946  2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball on May - 26.   

1946  Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies on May - 26.   

1948  On May - 26 entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers   

1948  South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy on May - 26.   

1950  On May - 26 antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies   

1951  On May - 26 vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London   

1951  On this day in history lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71   

1952  Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55 on May - 26.   

1953  Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die on this day in history.   

1954  Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74 on May - 26.   

1955  On this day in history conservatives win British parliamentary election   

1955  Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade on May - 26.   

1955  On May - 26 "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances   

1956  On May - 26 aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103   

1956  On May - 26 aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103   

1956  On May - 26 al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54   

1958  Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed on this day in history.   

1958  The HSS-1N helicopter, capable of day and night antisubmarine warfare under instrument flight conditions, was publicly flown at NAS Corpus Christi on this day in history.   

1958  On May - 26 union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

1959  Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1960  The Soviets are accused by UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge of concealing a microphone inside a wood carving of the Great Seal of the United States that was presented to the U S embassy in Moscow on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 26 freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta   

1961  USAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours on this day in history.   

1963  15th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history organization of African Unity forms   

1963  Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53 on May - 26.   

1963  15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth on May - 26.   

1965  On May - 26 dutch Voting Rights Bill passes   

1965  Revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 26 buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam   

1966  On this day in history guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK   

1966  On this day in history don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47   

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1264  On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.   

1602  On this day in history birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.   

1669  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)   

0604  On this day in history augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

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 May - 26.   

1421  On this day in history mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 26.   

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on May - 26.   

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