Historical Events In May - 26
Friday, 25 October 2024
1894 On May - 26 emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player
1895 On May - 26 dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer
1896 On this day in history dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
1896 On this day in history last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
1896 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY on May - 26.
1898 San Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies on May - 26.
1898 On this day in history 32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32
1898 On May - 26 ernst Bacon, composer
1899 Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian on this day in history.
1900 On May - 26 british troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa
1903 On May - 26 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG)
1903 On May - 26 estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn)
1905 A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia on May - 26.
1905 Hans Holewa, composer on May - 26.
1905 Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies on this day in history.
1906 Archaeological Institute of America forms on this day in history.
1907 On this day in history the birth of John Wayne, American actor who made many westerns
1907 On this day in history chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game
1907 Carleton Young, NY, actor (Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery) on this day in history.
1908 At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom on May - 26.
1908 On this day in history robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen)
1908 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69 on May - 26.
1909 On this day in history matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United)
1910 On this day in history adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico
1911 On this day in history 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run
1911 Ben Alexander, NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off) on May - 26.
1912 On this day in history janos Kádár, premier Hungary (1956-58)
1912 On this day in history jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61
1913 Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC) on this day in history.
1913 On this day in history the Actors' Equity Association is organized
1913 On May - 26 the birth of Peter Cushing, British born film actor
1913 On this day in history fred Bertrand, Belgian politician
1914 On this day in history archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes)
1915 H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England on this day in history.
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