Historical Events In May - 26

1946  On this day in history patent filed in US for H-Bomb   

1946  2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball on this day in history.   

1946  On May - 26 friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies   

1948  Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers on May - 26.   

1948  On this day in history south Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy   

1950  On this day in history antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies   

1951  Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1951  Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1952  On May - 26 damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55   

1953  Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die on this day in history.   

1954  Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74 on May - 26.   

1955  On this day in history conservatives win British parliamentary election   

1955  On this day in history khrushchev arrives in Belgrade   

1955  "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 26 aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103   

1956  On May - 26 aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103   

1956  Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54 on May - 26.   

1958  On this day in history ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed   

1958  The HSS-1N helicopter, capable of day and night antisubmarine warfare under instrument flight conditions, was publicly flown at NAS Corpus Christi on May - 26.   

1958  Union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

1959  On this day in history ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78   

1960  On this day in history the Soviets are accused by UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge of concealing a microphone inside a wood carving of the Great Seal of the United States that was presented to the U S embassy in Moscow   

1961  Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta on May - 26.   

1961  On May - 26 uSAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours   

1963  15th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth on this day in history.   

1963  Organization of African Unity forms on May - 26.   

1963  On May - 26 sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53   

1963  On May - 26 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth   

1965  On this day in history dutch Voting Rights Bill passes   

1965  Revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect on May - 26.   

1966  Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam on May - 26.   

1966  On this day in history guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK   

1966  On this day in history don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47   

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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  On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

1602  On this day in history birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.   

1669  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)   

0604  On this day in history 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  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 26 bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

1595  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

1609  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried