Page 9: Historical Events In May - 26

1983  Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7 on this day in history.   

1983  NASA launches Exosat on May - 26.   

1983  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1984  Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia on May - 26.   

1984  Tulsa OK gets 13" of rain, 14 die on this day in history.   

1985  On May - 26 danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin   

1985  On May - 26 explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die   

1987  On May - 26 cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe   

1987  Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka on May - 26.   

1987  Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail on May - 26.   

1987  William H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA on this day in history.   

1988  Stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games on May - 26.   

1988  Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games on this day in history.   

1989  On May - 26 danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals   

1989  On May - 26 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1990  On May - 26 china People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China   

1991  On May - 26 all 223 passengers aboard a Laudia Air Boeing 767 are killed when the plane crashes in Thailand   

1991  On May - 26 presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, are held in Georgia   

1991  Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41 on May - 26.   

1992  On May - 26 weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour   

1992  On this day in history with the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia and the Ukraine decide to split the Black Sea fleet   

1992  On May - 26 danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83   

1993  On this day in history emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time   

1993  On May - 26 olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich   

1993  On May - 26 carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91   

1994  Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26) on May - 26.   

1994  On May - 26 george Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84   

1995  On this day in history isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88   

1996  On this day in history halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76   

1997  On May - 26 manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90   

2006  On this day in history yogyakarta earthquake in Indonesia killing 5,782 people   

2007  On this day in history russia is once again recognized as a full-fledged superpower by the United States. [10]   

2011  On May - 26 former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia.   

2012  On May - 26 a gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink   

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

1591  On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

1602  On this day in history birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.   

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

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.   

1421  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried