Historical Events In May - 26

1983  On May - 26 challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7   

1983  On this day in history nASA launches Exosat   

1983  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1984  Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia on May - 26.   

1984  On this day in history tulsa OK gets 13" of rain, 14 die   

1985  On this day in history danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin   

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

1987  On May - 26 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 May - 26.   

1987  William H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA on this day in history.   

1988  Stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games on this day in history.   

1988  Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games on this day in history.   

1989  Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals on this day in history.   

1989  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 26.   

1990  On May - 26 china People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China   

1991  All 223 passengers aboard a Laudia Air Boeing 767 are killed when the plane crashes in Thailand on May - 26.   

1991  Presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, are held in Georgia on May - 26.   

1991  Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41 on this day in history.   

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  Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich on May - 26.   

1993  Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 on May - 26.   

1994  On this day in history michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)   

1994  On this day in history george Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84   

1995  On this day in history isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88   

1996  Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76 on May - 26.   

1997  On May - 26 manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90   

2006  Yogyakarta earthquake in Indonesia killing 5,782 people on this day in history.   

2007  Russia is once again recognized as a full-fledged superpower by the United States. [10] on May - 26.   

2011  Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia on this day in history.   

2012  On May - 26 a gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink   

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1264  On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

1478  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

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

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

1421  On this day in history 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  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.