Historical Events In May - 26

1894  Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player on May - 26.   

1895  Dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer on May - 26.   

1896  On May - 26 dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)   

1896  Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned on this day in history.   

1896  On May - 26 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY   

1898  San Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies on May - 26.   

1898  32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32 on May - 26.   

1898  On May - 26 ernst Bacon, composer   

1899  Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history british troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa   

1903  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG) on May - 26.   

1903  On this day in history estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn)   

1905  A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history hans Holewa, composer   

1905  Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies on May - 26.   

1906  Archaeological Institute of America forms on May - 26.   

1907  The birth of John Wayne, American actor who made many westerns on May - 26.   

1907  On May - 26 chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game   

1907  Carleton Young, NY, actor (Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery) on May - 26.   

1908  At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen)   

1908  Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United)   

1910  On this day in history adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico   

1911  1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run on May - 26.   

1911  Ben Alexander, NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history janos Kádár, premier Hungary (1956-58)   

1912  On this day in history jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61   

1913  On May - 26 actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)   

1913  On May - 26 the Actors' Equity Association is organized   

1913  The birth of Peter Cushing, British born film actor on this day in history.   

1913  Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes)   

1915  On May - 26 h H Asquith forms a coalition government in England   

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

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  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  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  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.   

1421  On this day in history mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

1512  On May - 26 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.