Historical Events In May - 26

1946  Patent filed in US for H-Bomb on May - 26.  

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  Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers on May - 26.  

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

1950  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die  

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

1955  On May - 26 conservatives win British parliamentary election  

1955  Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade on May - 26.  

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

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 May - 26.  

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 May - 26.  

1959  On this day in history ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78  

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  On this day in history freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta  

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 this day in history.  

1963  Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53 on May - 26.  

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

1965  Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes on May - 26.  

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  Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK on May - 26.  

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

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

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.  

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  

1667  On this day in history birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)  

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

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.  

0735  On this day in history beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62  

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on May - 26.  

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

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.