Unlocking the Potential: Exploring the Significance of May 26 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1896  Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)   

1896  Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned   

1896  1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY.   

1898  San Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies   

1898  In this year, 32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook claims in 2:32   

1898  Ernst Bacon, composer   

1899  Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian   

1900  British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa   

1903  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG)   

1903  Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn).   

1905  A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia.   

1905  Hans Holewa, composer   

1905  Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies   

1906  Archaeological Institute of America forms.   

1907  John Wayne, American actor who made many westerns is born.   

1907  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).   

1908  At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the inaugural 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)   

1908  Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69   

1909  Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United)   

1910  Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico   

1911  1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run   

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

1912  Janos Kádár, premier Hungary (1956-58).   

1912  Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61   

1913  Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC).   

1913  The Actors' Equity Association is organized.   

1913  Peter Cushing, British born film actor is born   

1913  Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician   

1914  Archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes)   

1915  H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England   

1917  Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field   

1917  Eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary.   

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