Page 8: Historical Events In May - 26

1967  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1967  Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 26 william E "Little Willie" John, US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)   

1969  On this day in history apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth   

1969  On May - 26 john & Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montréal)   

1969  The Apollo 10 astronauts return to earth after their successful 8-day rehearsal for the first manned moon landing on this day in history.   

1969  Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its first appearance   

1971  On May - 26 john Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70   

1972  On this day in history joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

1972  Nixon & Brezhnev signs SALT accord on May - 26.   

1972  On May - 26 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1973  On May - 26 "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players hits #15   

1973  On this day in history "Super Fly Meets Shaft" by John & Ernest hits #31   

1973  On this day in history bahrain adopts it's constitution   

1973  Beatles' "The Beatles 1967-1970" album goes #1 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history jacques Lipchitz, US cubist sculptor, dies at 81   

1974  During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled on May - 26.   

1974  Kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at 96 on this day in history.   

1975  Tennis game in the Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86   

1977  "Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway on May - 26.   

1977  On May - 26 george Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center   

1977  Movie "Star Wars" debuts on this day in history.   

1977  Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1978  On May - 26 the first legal casino east of the Mississippi opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey   

1978  On May - 26 the first legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City   

1979  On this day in history "Dancin' Fool" by Frank Zappa hits #45   

1979  On May - 26 george Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75   

1980  Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6 on May - 26.   

1981  Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14 on May - 26.   

1981  Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth on May - 26.   

1982  On this day in history aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam   

1982  On May - 26 british ship Atlantic Conveyor & Coventry were hit in Falkland war   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.   

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

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.   

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

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.   

1669  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)   

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

1055  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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