Page 7: Historical Events In December - 26

1971  On December - 26 air Canada jet on flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto hijacked to Cuba.   

1971  On this day in history robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57   

1972  On December - 26 harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the U.S., dies in Kansas City, Missouri.   

1972  On this day in history harry Truman, 33rd US Pres (1945-53), dies in KC Mo at 88   

1973  On December - 26 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours   

1973  Soyuz 13 returns to Earth on December - 26.   

1973  Harold B Lee, US head of Mormon Church, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 26 television and radio comedian Jack Benny dies in Los Angeles at age 80.   

1974  On December - 26 jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80   

1975  On this day in history russia begins the world's first supersonic air transport service with its Tupolev-144 run from Moscow to Alma-Ata.   

1976  In St. John's Newfoundland a nursing home fire kills 21 elderly residents on December - 26.   

1976  On this day in history philip A Heart, (Sen-D-Mich), dies at 64   

1977  Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81 on December - 26.   

1978  India's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail on this day in history.   

1985  Ford introduced the Taurus line of auto's,, the product of years of engineering on December - 26.   

1985  Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53 on December - 26.   

1986  On December - 26 m Montreal Canadien Doug Jarvis, age 31, sets a National Hockey League record as he skates in his 916th consecutive game   

1986  TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run on this day in history.   

1986  Elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history john Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90   

1989  On this day in history a provisional government takes control of Romania, following the secret trial and execution of President Nicolae Ceausescu.   

1989  Lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86 on December - 26.   

1990  On December - 26 garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship   

1990  On December - 26 nancy Cruznan, accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33   

1991  Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction (the gun used to kill Harvey Oswald) on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India   

1991  Toronto Ontario Northwest Airlines buys 20 Dash 8 Series 100 aircraft from de Haviland for $190 million; division of Boeing Canada on December - 26.   

1991  On December - 26 dehl Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at 70   

1992  On December - 26 bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74   

1993  On this day in history jeff Morrow, actor (Robe, Harbor Lights, Blood Legacy), dies at 80   

1994  French commandos storm a hijacked Air France jet on the ground in Marseille, freeing 170 hostages and killing the Algerian hijackers on this day in history.   

1994  Asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Neth welfare worker, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's Boulder, Colorado, home. The killing remains unsolved.   

1997  On this day in history john Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81   

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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on this day in history.   

1532  On this day in history birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)   

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

1542  On December - 26 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)   

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on December - 26.   

1633  On this day in history birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

1646  On this day in history birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

1660  On this day in history birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.   

1350  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on this day in history.   

1476  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.   

1530  On this day in history zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  On this day in history charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on December - 26.