Historical Events In October - 26

1944  U.S. defeats the Japanese Navy near the Phillipines on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India   

1949  On October - 26 president Truman signs a measure raising the U.S. minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour.   

1949  On this day in history president Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents   

1950  On October - 26 in London King George VI opens the restored House of Commons chamber, destroyed in a 1941 bombing raid   

1950  On October - 26 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea   

1951  Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden on October - 26.   

1951  On October - 26 emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles   

1952  Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia   

1954  Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine on this day in history.   

1954  Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on October - 26.   

1955  Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres on this day in history.   

1955  1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published on October - 26.   

1955  On October - 26 arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74   

1956  UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved on October - 26.   

1956  Vietnam promulgates its constitution on this day in history.   

1956  Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 on October - 26.   

1957  On October - 26 uSSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov   

1957  On this day in history vatican Radio begins broadcasting   

1957  On this day in history n Kazantzakis, writer, dies   

1958  Pan Am flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history panAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris   

1960  AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins & announces franchises in LA & Wash DC for 1961 on October - 26.   

1961  On this day in history 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test   

1961  On October - 26 edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies   

1962  On this day in history beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"   

1962  On October - 26 hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

1964  On this day in history rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show   

1964  Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on October - 26.   

1965  Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace on this day in history.   

1965  Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang on October - 26.   

1966  The first Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2 on October - 26.   

1967  Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne on this day in history.   

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1427  On October - 26 birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  On this day in history birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  On October - 26 birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on October - 26.   

1609  On this day in history birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on October - 26.   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on this day in history.   

1132  On October - 26 death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on October - 26.   

1440  On this day in history death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on October - 26.   

1607  On this day in history philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on October - 26.   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on this day in history.