Page 7: Historical Events In May - 26

1946  On this day in history patent filed in US for H-Bomb   

1946  On this day in history 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  Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers on this day in history.   

1948  On May - 26 south Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy   

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 May - 26.   

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 May - 26 franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74   

1955  Conservatives win British parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history khrushchev arrives in Belgrade   

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  Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

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

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 May - 26.   

1961  USAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours on this day in history.   

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

1963  Organization of African Unity forms on May - 26.   

1963  On May - 26 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 May - 26.   

1965  Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes on May - 26.   

1965  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.   

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)   

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

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.   

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

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.   

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.