Page 7: 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 this day in history.   

1946  On May - 26 friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies   

1948  On this day in history entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers   

1948  On this day in history south Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy   

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

1951  On this day in history vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London   

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

1952  On May - 26 damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55   

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 May - 26.   

1955  Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade on May - 26.   

1955  On May - 26 "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances   

1956  On this day in history aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103   

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 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 May - 26.   

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

1958  On May - 26 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  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 May - 26 15th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth   

1963  On this day in history organization of African Unity forms   

1963  Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53 on May - 26.   

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

1965  Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes on May - 26.   

1965  On May - 26 revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect   

1966  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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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  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  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.   

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on May - 26.   

1667  On this day in history birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

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  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 this day in history.   

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