Historical Events In May - 26

1983  On this day in history challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7  

1983  On May - 26 nASA launches Exosat  

1983  On May - 26 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1984  On this day in history frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia  

1984  On May - 26 tulsa OK gets 13" of rain, 14 die  

1985  On this day in history danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin  

1985  On this day in history explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die  

1987  On this day in history cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe  

1987  Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka on this day in history.  

1987  On May - 26 supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail  

1987  On this day in history william H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA  

1988  Stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games on May - 26.  

1988  Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games on May - 26.  

1989  On May - 26 danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals  

1989  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1990  On this day in history china People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China  

1991  All 223 passengers aboard a Laudia Air Boeing 767 are killed when the plane crashes in Thailand on this day in history.  

1991  On May - 26 presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, are held in Georgia  

1991  On this day in history tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41  

1992  On May - 26 weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour  

1992  On May - 26 with the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia and the Ukraine decide to split the Black Sea fleet  

1992  Danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1993  Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time on this day in history.  

1993  On May - 26 olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich  

1993  Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

1994  On May - 26 michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)  

1994  On this day in history george Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84  

1995  On this day in history isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88  

1996  Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76 on May - 26.  

1997  Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

2006  Yogyakarta earthquake in Indonesia killing 5,782 people on this day in history.  

2007  Russia is once again recognized as a full-fledged superpower by the United States. [10] on May - 26.  

2011  On May - 26 former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia.  

2012  On this day in history a gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink  

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.  

1478  On May - 26 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  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  On this day in history birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)  

1669  On this day in history 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 May - 26.  

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria  

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

1512  On May - 26 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  On May - 26 death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried