Historical Events In May - 26

1934  Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader   

1935  Police kill 10, wound 100 in the "Memorial Day Massacre" in South Chicago on May - 26.   

1935  Sheila Steafel, South African-born British actress on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history the first Government of Zealand in Belgium ends   

1936  1st govt of Zealand in Belgium ends on this day in history.   

1937  Dutch Rail NV at law forms on May - 26.   

1937  On May - 26 san Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens   

1937  On this day in history yehuda Yannay, composer   

1938  On this day in history house Committee on Un-American Activities begins work   

1938  On this day in history house on un-American Activities forms   

1938  Jackie Liebesit, rocker (Can) on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history charles H Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74   

1940  On this day in history hMS CURLEW (AA), sunk in Lavangs Fiord, Ofotfiord near Narvik, northern Norway by German Ju88 bombers.   

1940  Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk on May - 26.   

1940  The "Miracle of Dunkirk" evacuation begins in France during World War II on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 26 1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky   

1941  American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1941  Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck on this day in history.   

1941  German occupiers begin youth labor on May - 26.   

1941  On May - 26 american Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila   

1942  Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London on May - 26.   

1942  Belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star on this day in history.   

1942  Tank battle at Bir Hakeim African corps vs British army on May - 26.   

1942  Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army on this day in history.   

1943  Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1943  Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly from US to North Africa on May - 26.   

1943  On this day in history the first president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)   

1943  On May - 26 1st president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)   

1943  Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1944  82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise on May - 26.   

1944  C M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies on May - 26.   

1945  On May - 26 uS drop fire bombs on Tokyo   

1946  Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia on May - 26.   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

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

1566  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

1566  On this day in history 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 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  On May - 26 augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on May - 26.   

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

1055  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

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

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

1595  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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