Page 6: Historical Events In May - 26
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1934 Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago on this day in history.
1934 Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader on this day in history.
1935 On this day in history police kill 10, wound 100 in the "Memorial Day Massacre" in South Chicago.
1935 Sheila Steafel, South African-born British actress on May - 26.
1936 The first Government of Zealand in Belgium ends on May - 26.
1936 1st govt of Zealand in Belgium ends on this day in history.
1937 Dutch Rail NV at law forms on this day in history.
1937 On this day in history san Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens
1937 Yehuda Yannay, composer on this day in history.
1938 House Committee on Un-American Activities begins work on May - 26.
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 this day in history.
1940 On this day in history hMS CURLEW (AA), sunk in Lavangs Fiord, Ofotfiord near Narvik, northern Norway by German Ju88 bombers.
1940 Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk on this day in history.
1940 The "Miracle of Dunkirk" evacuation begins in France during World War II on May - 26.
1940 On this day in history 1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky
1941 On this day in history american Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Philadelphia
1941 On this day in history ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck
1941 German occupiers begin youth labor on this day in history.
1941 American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila on May - 26.
1942 Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London on this day in history.
1942 Belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star on May - 26.
1942 Tank battle at Bir Hakeim African corps vs British army on this day in history.
1942 On May - 26 tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army
1943 On this day in history jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam
1943 On this day in history premier Churchill & General Marshall fly from US to North Africa
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 May - 26.
1944 On May - 26 82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise
1944 On May - 26 c M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies
1945 US drop fire bombs on Tokyo on May - 26.
1946 Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.
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