Historical Events In May - 26

1983  On this day in history challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7  

1983  NASA launches Exosat on this day in history.  

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

1984  On May - 26 frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia  

1984  Tulsa OK gets 13" of rain, 14 die on this day in history.  

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

1985  Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die on this day in history.  

1987  On May - 26 cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe  

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

1987  Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail on May - 26.  

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  Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals on this day in history.  

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

1990  China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China on May - 26.  

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

1991  Presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, are held in Georgia on May - 26.  

1991  On this day in history tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41  

1992  On May - 26 weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour  

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 this day in history danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83  

1993  On this day in history emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time  

1993  Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich on May - 26.  

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

1994  On this day in history michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)  

1994  On May - 26 george Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84  

1995  Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88 on May - 26.  

1996  On May - 26 halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76  

1997  On May - 26 manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90  

2006  Yogyakarta earthquake in Indonesia killing 5,782 people on this day in history.  

2007  Russia is once again recognized as a full-fledged superpower by the United States. [10] on May - 26.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1478  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

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

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on May - 26.  

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

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.  

0604  On May - 26 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  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 May - 26.  

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on May - 26.  

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