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

1948  On May - 26 entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers   

1948  South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy on this day in history.   

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 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 May - 26.   

1954  Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 26 conservatives win British parliamentary election   

1955  On May - 26 khrushchev arrives in Belgrade   

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

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

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  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 May - 26 union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

1959  Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 on May - 26.   

1960  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 May - 26 dutch Voting Rights Bill passes   

1965  On this day in history revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect   

1966  On May - 26 buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam   

1966  Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 26 don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1478  On May - 26 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 May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

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

1602  On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.   

1669  On May - 26 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  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 May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on this day in history.   

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