Historical Events In May - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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