Page 4: Historical Events In May - 26

1894  Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player on this day in history.   

1895  Dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer on May - 26.   

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

1896  Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned on this day in history.   

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

1898  San Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history 32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32   

1898  Ernst Bacon, composer on May - 26.   

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

1900  On this day in history british troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa   

1903  On May - 26 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG)   

1903  On May - 26 estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn)   

1905  On May - 26 a pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia   

1905  On this day in history hans Holewa, composer   

1905  On May - 26 alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies   

1906  Archaeological Institute of America forms on May - 26.   

1907  On May - 26 the birth of John Wayne, American actor who made many westerns   

1907  Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game on this day in history.   

1907  On May - 26 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 this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69   

1909  On this day in history matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United)   

1910  On May - 26 adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico   

1911  1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history ben Alexander, NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off)   

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

1912  On this day in history jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61   

1913  On May - 26 actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)   

1913  On May - 26 the Actors' Equity Association is organized   

1913  The birth of Peter Cushing, British born film actor on this day in history.   

1913  On May - 26 fred Bertrand, Belgian politician   

1914  Archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes) on this day in history.   

1915  H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England on May - 26.   

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1264  On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

1478  On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

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

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

1667  On this day in history birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)   

1669  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)   

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.   

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

0818  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

1421  On May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

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

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.