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  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  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 May - 26 dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die   

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

1955  On May - 26 conservatives win British parliamentary election   

1955  On May - 26 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 May - 26.   

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

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 May - 26.   

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

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

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  On May - 26 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   

1961  On this day in history freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta   

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  Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53 on May - 26.   

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

1965  Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes on May - 26.   

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

1966  Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam on this day in history.   

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  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1478  On this day in history 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  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  On this day in history birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

1667  On May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.   

0604  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

1421  On May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

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

1595  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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