Page 9: Historical Events In May - 26

1983  On May - 26 challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7   

1983  On this day in history nASA launches Exosat   

1983  On May - 26 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1984  Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia on May - 26.   

1984  On May - 26 tulsa OK gets 13" of rain, 14 die   

1985  Danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin on this day in history.   

1985  On May - 26 explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die   

1987  Cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe on this day in history.   

1987  Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka on May - 26.   

1987  On May - 26 supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail   

1987  On this day in history william H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA   

1988  Stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games on May - 26.   

1988  On May - 26 stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games   

1989  On this day in history danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals   

1989  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1990  On this day in history china People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China   

1991  All 223 passengers aboard a Laudia Air Boeing 767 are killed when the plane crashes in Thailand on May - 26.   

1991  On May - 26 presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, are held in Georgia   

1991  Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41 on this day in history.   

1992  Weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour on this day in history.   

1992  On May - 26 with the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia and the Ukraine decide to split the Black Sea fleet   

1992  On May - 26 danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83   

1993  On May - 26 emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time   

1993  Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich on this day in history.   

1993  Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 on May - 26.   

1994  On May - 26 michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)   

1994  George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1995  On May - 26 isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88   

1996  Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1997  Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90 on May - 26.   

2006  On this day in history yogyakarta earthquake in Indonesia killing 5,782 people   

2007  Russia is once again recognized as a full-fledged superpower by the United States. [10] on this day in history.   

2011  Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history a gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.   

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.   

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

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

1591  On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

1602  On May - 26 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 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  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1609  On May - 26 death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried