Page 6: Historical Events In June - 26

1958  Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on June - 26.   

1958  Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium on this day in history.   

1958  On June - 26 martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93   

1959  On this day in history ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ   

1959  On June - 26 queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway   

1959  On this day in history ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title   

1959  On this day in history audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies   

1960  On June - 26 british Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain   

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 this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill   

1963  Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) on June - 26.   

1963  On this day in history alfons Gorbach forms Austrian govt   

1963  On June - 26 obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies   

1964  Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album on June - 26.   

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 June - 26.   

1972  David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 on June - 26.   

1973  On this day in history arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59   

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  On this day in history indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud   

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 June - 26.   

1977  Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43 on June - 26.   

1978  Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France on this day in history.   

1978  On June - 26 first dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched   

1978  On this day in history rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed   

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

1981  On this day in history peter Kreuder, German composer, dies   

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

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1575  On this day in history birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)   

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

1655  On June - 26 birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on June - 26.   

1694  On June - 26 birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)   

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

1703  On June - 26 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  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.   

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on June - 26.   

1661  On June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76   

1666  On this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on this day in history.