Page 4: Historical Events In May - 26

1894  On this day in history emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player   

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 May - 26.   

1896  On May - 26 last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned   

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

1898  San Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies on this day in history.   

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

1898  On this day in history ernst Bacon, composer   

1899  On May - 26 otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian   

1900  British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa on May - 26.   

1903  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history hans Holewa, composer   

1905  On this day in history alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies   

1906  Archaeological Institute of America forms on May - 26.   

1907  On this day in history the birth of John Wayne, American actor who made many westerns   

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

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

1909  Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United) on this day in history.   

1910  Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico on May - 26.   

1911  1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run on May - 26.   

1911  Ben Alexander, NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)   

1913  On May - 26 the Actors' Equity Association is organized   

1913  On this day in history the birth of Peter Cushing, British born film actor   

1913  On May - 26 fred Bertrand, Belgian politician   

1914  Archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on May - 26.   

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.   

0735  On this day in history beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

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

1055  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on this day in history.   

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