Page 9: Historical Events In May - 26

1983  Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7 on May - 26.   

1983  NASA launches Exosat on this day in history.   

1983  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 26.   

1984  Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

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

1985  On this day in history danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin   

1985  On this day in history 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  Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail on this day in history.   

1987  William H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA on this day in history.   

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

1988  Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games on this day in history.   

1989  On May - 26 danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1991  Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41 on May - 26.   

1992  On this day in history weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour   

1992  With the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia and the Ukraine decide to split the Black Sea fleet on this day in history.   

1992  Danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83 on May - 26.   

1993  Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time on May - 26.   

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  George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 on May - 26.   

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

1996  On this day in history halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76   

1997  On this day in history manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90   

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  On May - 26 former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia.   

2012  On May - 26 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  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.   

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

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.   

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

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 26.   

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on May - 26.   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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