Historical Events In May - 26

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

1946  2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies   

1948  Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers on May - 26.   

1948  On this day in history south Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy   

1950  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies on May - 26.   

1951  Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London on May - 26.   

1951  On this day in history lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71   

1952  Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55 on May - 26.   

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 this day in history 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  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  Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed on May - 26.   

1958  The HSS-1N helicopter, capable of day and night antisubmarine warfare under instrument flight conditions, was publicly flown at NAS Corpus Christi on May - 26.   

1958  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta   

1961  On this day in history uSAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours   

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

1963  On May - 26 organization of African Unity forms   

1963  On this day in history sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53   

1963  On May - 26 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth   

1965  Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes on this day in history.   

1965  Revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect on May - 26.   

1966  On this day in history buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam   

1966  On May - 26 guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK   

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

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.   

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

1591  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

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

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

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

0604  On May - 26 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  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on May - 26.   

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.