Page 4: Historical Events In May - 26

1894  On May - 26 emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player   

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

1896  On May - 26 dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)   

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

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

1898  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian   

1900  On this day in history british troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa   

1903  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG)   

1903  On May - 26 estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn)   

1905  On this day in history a pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia   

1905  Hans Holewa, composer on this day in history.   

1905  Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies on this day in history.   

1906  Archaeological Institute of America forms on May - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen) on this day in history.   

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 May - 26 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 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  The Actors' Equity Association is organized on this day in history.   

1913  The birth of Peter Cushing, British born film actor on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history fred Bertrand, Belgian politician   

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

1915  H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England on this day in history.   

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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  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

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

1667  On this day in history birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)   

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

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

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

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 May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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