Page 9: Historical Events In May - 26

1983  Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7 on May - 26.   

1983  NASA launches Exosat on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1984  Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history tulsa OK gets 13" of rain, 14 die   

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

1985  Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die on this day in history.   

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

1987  On this day in history great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka   

1987  Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail on this day in history.   

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

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

1988  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

1991  On May - 26 all 223 passengers aboard a Laudia Air Boeing 767 are killed when the plane crashes in Thailand   

1991  Presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, are held in Georgia on May - 26.   

1991  On May - 26 tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41   

1992  On May - 26 weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour   

1992  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time   

1993  Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich on May - 26.   

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

1994  On May - 26 michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)   

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

1995  On this day in history isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88   

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 this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history 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 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  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 May - 26.   

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

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.   

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  On May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

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

1595  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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