Page 4: Historical Events In May - 26

1894  On this day in history emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player   

1895  On this day in history dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer   

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

1896  On this day in history last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned   

1896  1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY on this day in history.   

1898  On May - 26 san Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies   

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

1898  On this day in history ernst Bacon, composer   

1899  On May - 26 otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian   

1900  British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa on May - 26.   

1903  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG) on this day in history.   

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

1905  On this day in history a pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia   

1905  Hans Holewa, composer on May - 26.   

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

1906  On this day in history archaeological Institute of America forms   

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  On this day in history carleton Young, NY, actor (Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery)   

1908  On May - 26 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.   

1908  Robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen) on May - 26.   

1908  Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69 on May - 26.   

1909  On May - 26 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 this day in history.   

1911  Ben Alexander, NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off) on May - 26.   

1912  Janos Kádár, premier Hungary (1956-58) on May - 26.   

1912  On May - 26 jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61   

1913  Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC) on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history the Actors' Equity Association is organized   

1913  The birth of Peter Cushing, British born film actor on May - 26.   

1913  On this day in history fred Bertrand, Belgian politician   

1914  Archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes) on May - 26.   

1915  On this day in history h H Asquith forms a coalition government in England   

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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 May - 26.   

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  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

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

1512  On this day in history bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.