Historical Events In May - 26

1946  On this day in history patent filed in US for H-Bomb  

1946  2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball on May - 26.  

1946  Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies on May - 26.  

1948  Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers on May - 26.  

1948  On May - 26 south Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy  

1950  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies on May - 26.  

1951  On May - 26 vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London  

1951  On this day in history lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71  

1952  On this day in history damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55  

1953  Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die on May - 26.  

1954  Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74 on May - 26.  

1955  On May - 26 conservatives win British parliamentary election  

1955  Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade on this day in history.  

1955  "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances on this day in history.  

1956  Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103 on this day in history.  

1956  Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103 on this day in history.  

1956  Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1958  Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed on this day in history.  

1958  The HSS-1N helicopter, capable of day and night antisubmarine warfare under instrument flight conditions, was publicly flown at NAS Corpus Christi on this day in history.  

1958  Union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark on this day in history.  

1958  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 26.  

1959  On this day in history ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78  

1960  The Soviets are accused by UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge of concealing a microphone inside a wood carving of the Great Seal of the United States that was presented to the U S embassy in Moscow on May - 26.  

1961  Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta on May - 26.  

1961  On this day in history uSAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours  

1963  On this day in history 15th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth  

1963  Organization of African Unity forms on May - 26.  

1963  On May - 26 sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53  

1963  On May - 26 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth  

1965  On May - 26 dutch Voting Rights Bill passes  

1965  Revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect on this day in history.  

1966  Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam on May - 26.  

1966  On this day in history guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK  

1966  Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47 on May - 26.  

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1264  On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)  

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.  

1566  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)  

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

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.  

1669  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.  

1421  On this day in history mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies  

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 26.  

1595  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79  

1609  On May - 26 death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried