Page 7: Historical Events In May - 26

1946  Patent filed in US for H-Bomb on May - 26.   

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

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

1948  On May - 26 entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers   

1948  South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy on this day in history.   

1950  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies on this day in history.   

1951  Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1951  Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1952  Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55 on May - 26.   

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

1954  On May - 26 franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74   

1955  Conservatives win British parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1955  Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade on this day in history.   

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

1956  On May - 26 aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103   

1956  Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103 on May - 26.   

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

1958  On this day in history ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed   

1958  The HSS-1N helicopter, capable of day and night antisubmarine warfare under instrument flight conditions, was publicly flown at NAS Corpus Christi on May - 26.   

1958  On this day in history union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark   

1958  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

1959  Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 on May - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1961  On May - 26 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 this day in history sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53   

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

1965  On this day in history dutch Voting Rights Bill passes   

1965  Revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect on May - 26.   

1966  On May - 26 buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam   

1966  Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK on May - 26.   

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  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

1566  On this day in history birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

1566  On this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

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  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.   

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  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.   

1512  On May - 26 bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on May - 26.   

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.