Page 7: Historical Events In May - 26

1946  On May - 26 patent filed in US for H-Bomb   

1946  On May - 26 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball   

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

1948  Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers on this day in history.   

1948  On May - 26 south Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy   

1950  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London   

1951  On this day in history lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71   

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

1953  On May - 26 dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die   

1954  On May - 26 franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74   

1955  On May - 26 conservatives win British parliamentary election   

1955  On this day in history khrushchev arrives in Belgrade   

1955  On May - 26 "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances   

1956  On this day in history aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103   

1956  Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103 on May - 26.   

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

1958  Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed on May - 26.   

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

1958  On May - 26 union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark   

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

1959  Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1960  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 on May - 26.   

1961  Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta on this day in history.   

1961  USAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours on May - 26.   

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

1963  Organization of African Unity forms on this day in history.   

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

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

1965  Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes on this day in history.   

1965  Revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect on this day in history.   

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

1966  On May - 26 guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK   

1966  Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

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

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.   

0735  On this day in history beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.   

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  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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