Historical Events In May - 26

1967  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

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

1968  On May - 26 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 May - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1971  On May - 26 soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its first appearance  

1971  John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1972  On this day in history joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title  

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1972  On May - 26 nixon & Brezhnev signs SALT accord  

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 26.  

1973  On May - 26 "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players hits #15  

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

1973  On May - 26 bahrain adopts it's constitution  

1973  On this day in history beatles' "The Beatles 1967-1970" album goes #1  

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

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

1976  On May - 26 martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86  

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

1977  On this day in history 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  On this day in history the first legal casino east of the Mississippi opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey  

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 this day in history george Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75  

1980  Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6 on May - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1982  British ship Atlantic Conveyor & Coventry were hit in Falkland war on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 26.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.  

1421  On May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies  

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 May - 26.  

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.