Historical Events In May - 26

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

1983  NASA launches Exosat on May - 26.  

1983  On May - 26 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 May - 26 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 May - 26.  

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

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 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  China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1993  On May - 26 emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time  

1993  Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich on this day in history.  

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

1994  On May - 26 michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)  

1994  George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history 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  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 May - 26.  

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

2012  A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink on this day in history.  

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1264  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

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

1602  On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)  

1667  On May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)  

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 this day in history.  

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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