Historical Events In December - 26

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

1971  On December - 26 robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57   

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

1972  On December - 26 harry Truman, 33rd US Pres (1945-53), dies in KC Mo at 88   

1973  On this day in history 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 December - 26.   

1974  On December - 26 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  Russia begins the world's first supersonic air transport service with its Tupolev-144 run from Moscow to Alma-Ata on this day in history.   

1976  In St. John's Newfoundland a nursing home fire kills 21 elderly residents on this day in history.   

1976  On December - 26 philip A Heart, (Sen-D-Mich), dies at 64   

1977  On December - 26 howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81   

1978  On this day in history 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  Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53 on December - 26.   

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

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

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  On this day in history jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction (the gun used to kill Harvey Oswald)   

1991  Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India on December - 26.   

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  Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74 on December - 26.   

1993  On December - 26 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 December - 26.   

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

1996  On December - 26 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 December - 26.   

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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 this day in history 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  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on December - 26.   

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on December - 26.   

0268  On this day in history death of pope Dionysius   

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

1458  On December - 26 death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

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

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  On December - 26 simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54