Historical Events In May - 26
Thursday, 08 June 2023
1946 Patent filed in US for H-Bomb on May - 26.
1946 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball on this day in history.
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 May - 26.
1950 On May - 26 antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies
1951 Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London on May - 26.
1951 Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71 on May - 26.
1952 Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1953 On this day in history dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die
1954 On this day in history franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74
1955 On this day in history conservatives win British parliamentary election
1955 On this day in history khrushchev arrives in Belgrade
1955 On this day in history "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances
1956 Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103 on this day in history.
1956 On this day in history aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103
1956 Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54 on May - 26.
1958 Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed on this day in history.
1958 On May - 26 the HSS-1N helicopter, capable of day and night antisubmarine warfare under instrument flight conditions, was publicly flown at NAS Corpus Christi
1958 On May - 26 union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark
1958 On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
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 this day in history.
1961 Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta on May - 26.
1961 USAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours on this day in history.
1963 On May - 26 15th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth
1963 On May - 26 organization of African Unity forms
1963 On this day in history sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53
1963 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth on this day in history.
1965 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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