Page 4: Historical Events In May - 26

1894  Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player on May - 26.   

1895  Dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer on this day in history.   

1896  Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94) on May - 26.   

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

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

1898  San Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies on May - 26.   

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

1898  Ernst Bacon, composer on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian   

1900  On May - 26 british troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa   

1903  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG) on May - 26.   

1903  Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn) on this day in history.   

1905  On May - 26 a pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia   

1905  Hans Holewa, composer on May - 26.   

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

1906  Archaeological Institute of America forms on May - 26.   

1907  On May - 26 the birth of John Wayne, American actor who made many westerns   

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 May - 26 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  Robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen) on this day in history.   

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

1909  On this day in history matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United)   

1910  Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico on this day in history.   

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 May - 26.   

1913  On this day in history actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)   

1913  On this day in history 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  On this day in history archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes)   

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

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1264  On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

1478  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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