Historical Events In May - 26

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

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.   

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

1566  On this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

1591  On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

1602  On this day in history birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

1667  On May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)   

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  On May - 26 beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on this day in history.   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.   

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  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried