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  William E "Little Willie" John, US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30) on May - 26.  

1969  Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth on this day in history.  

1969  On May - 26 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 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  On this day in history john Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70  

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

1972  On May - 26 nixon & Brezhnev signs SALT accord  

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

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

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

1973  On this day in history bahrain adopts it's constitution  

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

1973  Jacques Lipchitz, US cubist sculptor, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history tennis game in the Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes  

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

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

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

1977  On this day in history movie "Star Wars" debuts  

1977  On this day in history 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 May - 26.  

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 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 May - 26 marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14  

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

1982  On May - 26 aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam  

1982  British ship Atlantic Conveyor & Coventry were hit in Falkland war on May - 26.  

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1264  On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)  

1478  On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)  

1566  On this day in history birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)  

1566  On this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

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

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 this day in history.  

1669  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)  

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

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

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 May - 26 death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried