Page 7: Historical Events In May - 26

1946  On May - 26 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  Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies on May - 26.   

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

1948  South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy on May - 26.   

1950  On May - 26 antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies   

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

1951  On May - 26 lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71   

1952  Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die   

1954  On May - 26 franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74   

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 May - 26.   

1956  Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103 on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103   

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 this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history 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 becomes state historical landmark on May - 26.   

1958  On May - 26 uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

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

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  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  15th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth on May - 26.   

1963  Organization of African Unity forms on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

1055  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

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

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