Historical Events In May - 26

1946  On May - 26 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  South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy on this day in history.   

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

1951  Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1951  Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71 on May - 26.   

1952  On this day in history damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55   

1953  Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die on May - 26.   

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

1955  On this day in history conservatives win British parliamentary election   

1955  Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 26 "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances   

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

1958  Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed on May - 26.   

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

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

1958  On May - 26 uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

1959  Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

1961  Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 26 uSAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours   

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

1963  On this day in history organization of African Unity forms   

1963  On this day in history 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 May - 26 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  On May - 26 guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK   

1966  On May - 26 don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47   

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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  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.   

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  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  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  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

1421  On May - 26 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  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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