Famous Deaths In May - 26

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

1995  Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1996  Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1997  On May - 26 manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90  

1999  Death of Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (b. 1906) on May - 26.  

2001  Death of Vittorio Brambilla, Italian racing driver (b. 1937) on May - 26.  

2002  On May - 26 death of mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)  

2003  Death of Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919) on this day in history.  

2004  On May - 26 death of nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)  

2005  Death of Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906) on this day in history.  

2006  On May - 26 death of Édouard Michelin, CEO of Michelin (b. 1963)  

2007  Death of J Edward Oliver, cartoonist and composer (b. 1942) on this day in history.  

2008  On May - 26 death of sydney Pollack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)  

2009  On this day in history death of peter Zezel, Canadian professional hockey player (b. 1965)  

2010  On May - 26 death of jean Constantin, Romanian actor (b. 1928)  

2017  Death of Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American diplomat and political scientist on this day in history.  

2017  On this day in history death of jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician  

2018  On May - 26 death of alan Bean, American astronaut  

2018  Death of Ted Dabney, American engineer on May - 26.  

2018  On this day in history death of roger Piantoni, French footballer  

2019  On this day in history death of bart Starr, American football player and coach  

2019  On this day in history death of prem Tinsulanonda, Thai politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand  

2020  Death of Stanley Ho, Hong Kong-Macau business magnate, investor and philanthropist on this day in history.  

2021  On this day in history death of tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1939)  

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1264  On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)  

1478  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)  

1566  On this day in history birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)  

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.