Page 6: Historical Events In June - 26

1958  On June - 26 vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed)   

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  Ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway   

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

1959  On June - 26 audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies   

1960  British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain on June - 26.   

1960  On June - 26 madagascar gains independence from France (National Day)   

1960  John Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1961  Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 on June - 26.   

1962  Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill on this day in history.   

1963  Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) on this day in history.   

1963  On June - 26 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  On this day in history johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82   

1967  Errol Hunte, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies on June - 26.   

1968  On this day in history iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US   

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

1972  On June - 26 david Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61   

1973  Arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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  Supreme Court of Canada upholds PEI law banning non-residents from owning more than 4 hectares of land.(a small island?) on this day in history.   

1977  42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn on this day in history.   

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

1978  On June - 26 brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France   

1978  First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched on this day in history.   

1978  Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed on June - 26.   

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

1981  Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies on June - 26.   

1982  A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521 on this day in history.   

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

1681  On June - 26 birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)   

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on this day in history.   

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman was born on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)   

0363  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on June - 26.   

1291  Death of Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on this day in history.   

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

1631  On this day in history justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

1657  On June - 26 tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65   

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.   

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