Page 8: Historical Events In May - 26

1967  On May - 26 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1967  Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1968  William E "Little Willie" John, US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30) on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 26 apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth   

1969  On this day in history john & Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montréal)   

1969  The Apollo 10 astronauts return to earth after their successful 8-day rehearsal for the first manned moon landing on May - 26.   

1969  Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77 on May - 26.   

1971  Soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its first appearance on this day in history.   

1971  On May - 26 john Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70   

1972  Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1972  Nixon & Brezhnev signs SALT accord on May - 26.   

1972  On May - 26 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1973  "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players hits #15 on this day in history.   

1973  "Super Fly Meets Shaft" by John & Ernest hits #31 on this day in history.   

1973  Bahrain adopts it's constitution on May - 26.   

1973  On May - 26 beatles' "The Beatles 1967-1970" album goes #1   

1973  On this day in history jacques Lipchitz, US cubist sculptor, dies at 81   

1974  On this day in history during a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled   

1974  On May - 26 kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at 96   

1975  On May - 26 tennis game in the Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes   

1976  Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86 on May - 26.   

1977  "Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway on May - 26.   

1977  George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center on this day in history.   

1977  Movie "Star Wars" debuts on this day in history.   

1977  Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1978  On May - 26 the first legal casino east of the Mississippi opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey   

1978  The first legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City on this day in history.   

1979  "Dancin' Fool" by Frank Zappa hits #45 on May - 26.   

1979  On May - 26 george Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75   

1980  On this day in history soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6   

1981  On this day in history marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14   

1981  On this day in history soyuz T-4 returns to Earth   

1982  Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam on May - 26.   

1982  On May - 26 british ship Atlantic Conveyor & Coventry were hit in Falkland war   

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1264  On May - 26 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  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

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

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

1602  On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

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

1669  On this day in history 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  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  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.   

1595  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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