Page 4: Historical Events In May - 26

1894  Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player on May - 26.   

1895  Dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer on May - 26.   

1896  Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94) on May - 26.   

1896  Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned on May - 26.   

1896  On May - 26 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY   

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

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  Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian on this day in history.   

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  On May - 26 a pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia   

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 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  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 this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen)   

1908  On May - 26 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  On this day in history 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run   

1911  On this day in history ben Alexander, NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off)   

1912  Janos Kádár, premier Hungary (1956-58) on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 26 jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61   

1913  On May - 26 actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)   

1913  The Actors' Equity Association is organized on this day in history.   

1913  The birth of Peter Cushing, British born film actor on May - 26.   

1913  Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician on May - 26.   

1914  On May - 26 archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes)   

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

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1264  On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

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  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.   

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

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on May - 26.   

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.   

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

0735  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

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