Historical Events In May - 26

1934  On May - 26 century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago  

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

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 this day in history.  

1936  The first Government of Zealand in Belgium ends on this day in history.  

1936  On May - 26 1st govt of Zealand in Belgium ends  

1937  Dutch Rail NV at law forms on May - 26.  

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

1937  On May - 26 yehuda Yannay, composer  

1938  House Committee on Un-American Activities begins work on this day in history.  

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1938  On May - 26 house on un-American Activities forms  

1938  Jackie Liebesit, rocker (Can) on this day in history.  

1939  On May - 26 charles H Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74  

1940  HMS CURLEW (AA), sunk in Lavangs Fiord, Ofotfiord near Narvik, northern Norway by German Ju88 bombers on May - 26.  

1940  On this day in history 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 this day in history ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck  

1941  On this day in history german occupiers begin youth labor  

1941  American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila on this day in history.  

1942  On May - 26 anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London  

1942  Belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star on May - 26.  

1942  On May - 26 tank battle at Bir Hakeim African corps vs British army  

1942  Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army on May - 26.  

1943  On May - 26 jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam  

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

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  On this day in history c M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies  

1945  US drop fire bombs on Tokyo on this day in history.  

1946  On this day in history klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia  

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1264  On May - 26 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 May - 26 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 this day in history.  

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

0604  On May - 26 augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)  

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 May - 26.  

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria  

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 this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79  

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