Page 7: Historical Events In May - 26

1946  Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies.   

1948  Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers.   

1948  South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy.   

1950  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies   

1951  Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London   

1951  Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71   

1952  Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55.   

1953  Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die   

1954  Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74.   

1955  Conservatives win British parliamentary election.   

1955  Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade   

1955  "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances   

1956  Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103.   

1956  Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103.   

1956  Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54   

1958  Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed   

1958  The HSS-1N helicopter, capable of day and night antisubmarine warfare under instrument flight conditions, was publicly flown at NAS Corpus Christi.   

1958  Union Square, San Fransisco is recorded as becoming state historical landmark.   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

1959  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   

1961  Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta   

1961  USAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours   

1963  15th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth.   

1963  Organization of African Unity forms   

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

1963  15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth.   

1965  Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes.   

1965  Revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect   

1966  Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK.   

1966  Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47   

1967  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

1967  Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60   

1968  William E "Little Willie" John, US R and B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)   

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

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.   

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

1602  On this day in history birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

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

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  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on this day in history.   

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

1421  On this day in history mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

1512  On May - 26 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