Page 4: Historical Events In May - 26

1894  Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player on this day in history.   

1895  Dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer on this day in history.   

1896  Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94) on this day in history.   

1896  Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned on this day in history.   

1896  1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY on this day in history.   

1898  On May - 26 san Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies   

1898  On this day in history 32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32   

1898  Ernst Bacon, composer on May - 26.   

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  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG) on May - 26.   

1903  Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn) on this day in history.   

1905  A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia on this day in history.   

1905  On May - 26 hans Holewa, composer   

1905  Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies on May - 26.   

1906  Archaeological Institute of America forms on this day in history.   

1907  The birth of John Wayne, American actor who made many westerns on this day in history.   

1907  Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game on May - 26.   

1907  On May - 26 carleton Young, NY, actor (Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery)   

1908  On May - 26 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.   

1908  Robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen) on May - 26.   

1908  On this day in history mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69   

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 May - 26 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run   

1911  Ben Alexander, NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off) on May - 26.   

1912  On May - 26 janos Kádár, premier Hungary (1956-58)   

1912  On May - 26 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 this day in history the birth of Peter Cushing, British born film actor   

1913  Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician on this day in history.   

1914  Archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes) on May - 26.   

1915  On this day in history h H Asquith forms a coalition government in England   

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

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.   

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on May - 26.   

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 May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

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

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

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.