Page 9: Historical Events In May - 26

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

1983  NASA launches Exosat on May - 26.   

1983  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1984  Tulsa OK gets 13" of rain, 14 die on May - 26.   

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

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  On this day in history great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka   

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

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

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

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

1989  Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1997  Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

2006  Yogyakarta earthquake in Indonesia killing 5,782 people on May - 26.   

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

2011  Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia on May - 26.   

2012  A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink on May - 26.   

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

1478  On May - 26 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 this day in history 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 May - 26 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  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.   

0735  On May - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

1512  On May - 26 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  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.