Page 7: 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 May - 26 friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies   

1948  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies   

1951  On this day in history vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London   

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

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

1955  On May - 26 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 this day in history aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103   

1956  On May - 26 al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54   

1958  On this day in history ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed   

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  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 26.   

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

1960  On May - 26 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   

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

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  Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

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

1965  Revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect on May - 26.   

1966  On May - 26 buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam   

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

1478  On May - 26 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  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  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.   

0604  On this day in history augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

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 May - 26.   

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

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

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