Page 7: Historical Events In May - 26

1946  Patent filed in US for H-Bomb on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55   

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  Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade on this day in history.   

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

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

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 May - 26 ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed   

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

1958  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

1961  Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history uSAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours   

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

1963  On this day in history organization of African Unity forms   

1963  Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1965  On May - 26 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  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 May - 26.   

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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 this day in history.   

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.   

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

1591  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

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

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.   

1669  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)   

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.   

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on May - 26.   

0818  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.   

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

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

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.