Historical Events In May - 26

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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1264  On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)  

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

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on May - 26.  

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

1591  On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer  

1602  On May - 26 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  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.  

0735  On this day in history beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62  

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  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on this day in history.  

1512  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried