Page 7: Historical Events In May - 26

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

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

1946  Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers   

1948  On this day in history south Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy   

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 this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74   

1955  Conservatives win British parliamentary election on May - 26.   

1955  On May - 26 khrushchev arrives in Belgrade   

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

1956  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1958  Union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark on May - 26.   

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

1959  Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1963  Organization of African Unity forms on May - 26.   

1963  On this day in history sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53   

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

1965  Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1966  On this day in history don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.   

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

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on this day in history.   

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 26.   

1595  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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