Page 9: Historical Events In May - 26

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

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 May - 26.   

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

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  On May - 26 great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka   

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

1987  On May - 26 william H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA   

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

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1993  On this day in history carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91   

1994  Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26) on May - 26.   

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

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

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

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  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  On May - 26 a gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink   

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1264  On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.   

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

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

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

1669  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)   

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

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

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.