Page 9: Historical Events In May - 26

1983  On May - 26 challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7   

1983  NASA launches Exosat on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 26 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1984  On May - 26 frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia   

1984  Tulsa OK gets 13" of rain, 14 die on May - 26.   

1985  Danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin on May - 26.   

1985  Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die on May - 26.   

1987  On May - 26 cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe   

1987  On May - 26 great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka   

1987  On May - 26 supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail   

1987  On May - 26 william H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA   

1988  On this day in history stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games   

1988  On May - 26 stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games   

1989  On this day in history danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals   

1989  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1990  China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history all 223 passengers aboard a Laudia Air Boeing 767 are killed when the plane crashes in Thailand   

1991  On this day in history presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, are held in Georgia   

1991  Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41 on May - 26.   

1992  Weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour on this day in history.   

1992  On May - 26 with the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia and the Ukraine decide to split the Black Sea fleet   

1992  On this day in history danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83   

1993  Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time on May - 26.   

1993  On this day in history olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich   

1993  Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1994  Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26) on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history george Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84   

1995  Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88 on May - 26.   

1996  On May - 26 halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76   

1997  Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90 on May - 26.   

2006  On May - 26 yogyakarta earthquake in Indonesia killing 5,782 people   

2007  On May - 26 russia is once again recognized as a full-fledged superpower by the United States. [10]   

2011  Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia on this day in history.   

2012  On May - 26 a gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink   

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

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.   

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  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0604  On May - 26 augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

1055  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

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

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