Page 4: Historical Events In May - 26

1894  On May - 26 emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player   

1895  On this day in history dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer   

1896  Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94) on this day in history.   

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

1896  On May - 26 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY   

1898  On this day in history san Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies   

1898  32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32 on May - 26.   

1898  On this day in history ernst Bacon, composer   

1899  Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian on this day in history.   

1900  British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa on this day in history.   

1903  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG) on this day in history.   

1903  Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn) on May - 26.   

1905  A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia on May - 26.   

1905  Hans Holewa, composer on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies   

1906  Archaeological Institute of America forms on this day in history.   

1907  The birth of John Wayne, American actor who made many westerns on May - 26.   

1907  Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game on May - 26.   

1907  On this day in history carleton Young, NY, actor (Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery)   

1908  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen)   

1908  Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1909  Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United) on May - 26.   

1910  On this day in history adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico   

1911  1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run on May - 26.   

1911  Ben Alexander, NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off) on May - 26.   

1912  On this day in history janos Kádár, premier Hungary (1956-58)   

1912  Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1913  Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC) on May - 26.   

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

1913  On May - 26 the birth of Peter Cushing, British born film actor   

1913  Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician on this day in history.   

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

1915  On this day in history h H Asquith forms a coalition government in England   

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

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 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  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on this day in history.   

1055  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

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

1512  On May - 26 bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

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.