Page 7: Historical Events In December - 26

1971  On this day in history air Canada jet on flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto hijacked to Cuba.   

1971  Robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1972  Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the U.S., dies in Kansas City, Missouri on this day in history.   

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 this day in history television and radio comedian Jack Benny dies in Los Angeles at age 80.   

1974  On this day in history 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  Philip A Heart, (Sen-D-Mich), dies at 64 on December - 26.   

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

1978  On December - 26 india's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail   

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

1985  On December - 26 dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53   

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

1986  On this day in history tV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run   

1986  On December - 26 elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 84   

1988  John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1989  A provisional government takes control of Romania, following the secret trial and execution of President Nicolae Ceausescu on December - 26.   

1989  On this day in history lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86   

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

1990  Nancy Cruznan, accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1992  On this day in history 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  On December - 26 french commandos storm a hijacked Air France jet on the ground in Marseille, freeing 170 hostages and killing the Algerian hijackers.   

1994  On this day in history asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Neth welfare worker, dies at 74   

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  John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on December - 26.   

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

1536  On December - 26 birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)   

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on December - 26.   

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on this day in history.   

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

1646  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1660  On December - 26 birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.   

1350  Death of Jean de Marigny, French bishop on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1530  On December - 26 zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  On December - 26 charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

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