Page 7: Historical Events In May - 26

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

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

1946  Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies on May - 26.   

1948  On May - 26 entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers   

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

1950  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies on May - 26.   

1951  Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London on May - 26.   

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  Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die on May - 26.   

1954  Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1955  Conservatives win British parliamentary election on May - 26.   

1955  Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade on this day in history.   

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

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

1956  Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103 on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

1958  On this day in history union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark   

1958  On May - 26 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  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 May - 26.   

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

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

1965  On this day in history dutch Voting Rights Bill passes   

1965  On May - 26 revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect   

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 May - 26.   

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

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.   

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on May - 26.   

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

1591  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

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

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 May - 26.   

0604  On this day in history augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

0735  On May - 26 beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on May - 26.   

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

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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