Page 9: Historical Events In May - 26

1983  On this day in history challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7   

1983  On this day in history nASA launches Exosat   

1983  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 26.   

1984  On this day in history frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia   

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

1985  On this day in history danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin   

1985  On May - 26 explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die   

1987  Cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe on May - 26.   

1987  Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka on May - 26.   

1987  Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail on May - 26.   

1987  William H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA on May - 26.   

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

1988  Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

1991  On May - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

1992  With the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia and the Ukraine decide to split the Black Sea fleet on this day in history.   

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

1993  On May - 26 emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time   

1993  On May - 26 olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich   

1993  On this day in history carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91   

1994  On this day in history michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)   

1994  George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 on May - 26.   

1995  Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1996  Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 May - 26.   

2012  A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink on this day in history.   

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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 May - 26.   

1566  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.   

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.   

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

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 May - 26.   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.   

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.   

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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