Historical Events In May - 26

1967  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 26.  

1967  On this day in history antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60  

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

1969  On May - 26 apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth  

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

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

1969  On this day in history kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77  

1971  On this day in history soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its first appearance  

1971  John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70 on May - 26.  

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  On May - 26 "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players hits #15  

1973  On May - 26 "Super Fly Meets Shaft" by John & Ernest hits #31  

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

1973  Beatles' "The Beatles 1967-1970" album goes #1 on May - 26.  

1973  On May - 26 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  Kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at 96 on this day in history.  

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

1976  Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1977  "Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway on this day in history.  

1977  On May - 26 george Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center  

1977  Movie "Star Wars" debuts on May - 26.  

1977  On May - 26 jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63  

1978  The first legal casino east of the Mississippi opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey on this day in history.  

1978  On May - 26 the first legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City  

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 May - 26 soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6  

1981  Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14 on May - 26.  

1981  On May - 26 soyuz T-4 returns to Earth  

1982  Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam on this day in history.  

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

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1264  On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)  

1478  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)  

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on May - 26.  

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

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

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

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

0735  On May - 26 beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62  

0818  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

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  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1609  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried