Historical Events In May - 26

1946  On May - 26 patent filed in US for H-Bomb   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies   

1951  Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1951  Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1953  Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74   

1955  Conservatives win British parliamentary election on May - 26.   

1955  Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade on May - 26.   

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

1956  Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103 on this day in history.   

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 May - 26.   

1958  Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed on May - 26.   

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 May - 26 uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

1959  Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1961  On May - 26 uSAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours   

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

1963  Organization of African Unity forms on May - 26.   

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 this day in history dutch Voting Rights Bill passes   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1669  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)   

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 May - 26.   

0818  On May - 26 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  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 26.   

1595  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

1609  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried