Historical Events In June - 26

1958  Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on June - 26.  

1958  Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium on this day in history.  

1958  Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93 on June - 26.  

1959  On this day in history ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ  

1959  Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway on this day in history.  

1959  Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title on June - 26.  

1959  Audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies on June - 26.  

1960  On this day in history british Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain  

1960  On this day in history madagascar gains independence from France (National Day)  

1960  On this day in history john Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70  

1961  Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1962  Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill on June - 26.  

1963  On this day in history kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner)  

1963  On this day in history alfons Gorbach forms Austrian govt  

1963  On June - 26 obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies  

1964  On June - 26 beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album  

1965  Johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history errol Hunte, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies  

1968  On June - 26 iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US  

1971  Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

1972  David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 on June - 26.  

1973  Arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59 on June - 26.  

1974  On this day in history liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton)  

1975  Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency on June - 26.  

1975  Indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud on this day in history.  

1975  On June - 26 supreme Court of Canada upholds PEI law banning non-residents from owning more than 4 hectares of land.(a small island?)  

1977  On June - 26 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn  

1977  On June - 26 lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43  

1978  Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France on June - 26.  

1978  On June - 26 first dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched  

1978  Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed on this day in history.  

1979  Charles Clore, financier, dies on June - 26.  

1981  On June - 26 peter Kreuder, German composer, dies  

1982  On June - 26 a Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521  

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1575  On June - 26 birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)  

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on June - 26.  

1655  On June - 26 birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent  

1681  On this day in history birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)  

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on June - 26.  

1694  On this day in history birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)  

1702  On this day in history birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman  

1703  On June - 26 birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)  

0363  On this day in history flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies  

1291  On June - 26 death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England  

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on this day in history.  

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on June - 26.  

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on June - 26.  

1661  On this day in history lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76  

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on this day in history.  

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.