Page 7: Historical Events In May - 26

1946  On this day in history patent filed in US for H-Bomb   

1946  2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball on May - 26.   

1946  On this day in history friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies   

1948  On May - 26 entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers   

1948  On May - 26 south Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy   

1950  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies on this day in history.   

1951  On May - 26 vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London   

1951  On May - 26 lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71   

1952  Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55 on May - 26.   

1953  Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die on this day in history.   

1954  Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1955  Conservatives win British parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 26 khrushchev arrives in Belgrade   

1955  "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 26 aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103   

1956  On May - 26 aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103   

1956  On this day in history al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54   

1958  Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed on this day in history.   

1958  The HSS-1N helicopter, capable of day and night antisubmarine warfare under instrument flight conditions, was publicly flown at NAS Corpus Christi on May - 26.   

1958  On this day in history union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78   

1960  The Soviets are accused by UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge of concealing a microphone inside a wood carving of the Great Seal of the United States that was presented to the U S embassy in Moscow on this day in history.   

1961  Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta on May - 26.   

1961  USAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours on this day in history.   

1963  15th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth on May - 26.   

1963  Organization of African Unity forms on this day in history.   

1963  On May - 26 sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53   

1963  15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history dutch Voting Rights Bill passes   

1965  On May - 26 revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect   

1966  Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam on this day in history.   

1966  Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK on May - 26.   

1966  Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 26.   

1566  On this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

1591  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

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

1667  On May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

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

0735  On this day in history beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on May - 26.   

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

1609  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried