Page 9: Historical Events In May - 26

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

1983  NASA launches Exosat on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 26 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1984  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

1985  Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die on May - 26.   

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

1987  On this day in history william H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA   

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  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 May - 26.   

1991  On this day in history all 223 passengers aboard a Laudia Air Boeing 767 are killed when the plane crashes in Thailand   

1991  On May - 26 presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, are held in Georgia   

1991  On this day in history tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41   

1992  On May - 26 weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour   

1992  On May - 26 with the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia and the Ukraine decide to split the Black Sea fleet   

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

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

2012  On this day in history a gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink   

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

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1602  On this day in history 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  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  On May - 26 beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

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  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried