Historical Events In May - 26

1983  Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history nASA launches Exosat   

1983  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die   

1987  On this day in history cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe   

1987  Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka on this day in history.   

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

1987  William H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA on May - 26.   

1988  On this day in history stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games   

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

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

1989  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

1992  On this day in history 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  Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time on this day in history.   

1993  On May - 26 olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich   

1993  Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1994  Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26) on May - 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  Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76 on May - 26.   

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

2006  On May - 26 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 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  A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink on May - 26.   

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1264  On this day in history 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  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.   

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

1591  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.   

1512  On this day in history bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

1595  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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