Historical Events In May - 26

1894  Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player on this day in history.   

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 May - 26.   

1896  Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned on May - 26.   

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

1898  On May - 26 san Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies   

1898  On this day in history 32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32   

1898  On this day in history ernst Bacon, composer   

1899  Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian on May - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1905  On this day in history hans Holewa, composer   

1905  Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies on May - 26.   

1906  On May - 26 archaeological Institute of America forms   

1907  The birth of John Wayne, American actor who made many westerns on this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1910  On May - 26 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  Janos Kádár, premier Hungary (1956-58) on May - 26.   

1912  On this day in history jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61   

1913  Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC) on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history the Actors' Equity Association is organized   

1913  The birth of Peter Cushing, British born film actor on May - 26.   

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

1914  Archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes) on May - 26.   

1915  On May - 26 h H Asquith forms a coalition government in England   

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

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

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1512  On this day in history bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on May - 26.   

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.