Page 6: Historical Events In May - 26

1934  Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago on this day in history.   

1934  On May - 26 abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader   

1935  Police kill 10, wound 100 in the "Memorial Day Massacre" in South Chicago on May - 26.   

1935  On May - 26 sheila Steafel, South African-born British actress   

1936  On this day in history the first Government of Zealand in Belgium ends   

1936  1st govt of Zealand in Belgium ends on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 26 dutch Rail NV at law forms   

1937  On this day in history san Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens   

1937  On this day in history yehuda Yannay, composer   

1938  On May - 26 house Committee on Un-American Activities begins work   

1938  House on un-American Activities forms on May - 26.   

1938  On May - 26 jackie Liebesit, rocker (Can)   

1939  Charles H Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74 on May - 26.   

1940  On this day in history hMS CURLEW (AA), sunk in Lavangs Fiord, Ofotfiord near Narvik, northern Norway by German Ju88 bombers.   

1940  On May - 26 operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk   

1940  On May - 26 the "Miracle of Dunkirk" evacuation begins in France during World War II   

1940  1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky on May - 26.   

1941  On May - 26 american Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Philadelphia   

1941  On May - 26 ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck   

1941  On May - 26 german occupiers begin youth labor   

1941  American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila on May - 26.   

1942  On this day in history anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London   

1942  Belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history tank battle at Bir Hakeim African corps vs British army   

1942  On this day in history tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army   

1943  Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1943  Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly from US to North Africa on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 26 the first president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)   

1943  On this day in history 1st president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)   

1943  Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1944  82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise on May - 26.   

1944  C M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies on May - 26.   

1945  On this day in history uS drop fire bombs on Tokyo   

1946  Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia on May - 26.   

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1264  On this day in history 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  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.   

1591  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

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

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  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.   

1595  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.