Page 6: Historical Events In June - 26

1958  Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on this day in history.   

1958  Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium on June - 26.   

1958  Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93 on June - 26.   

1959  On June - 26 ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ   

1959  Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway on June - 26.   

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

1959  Audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies on this day in history.   

1960  British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

1960  Madagascar gains independence from France (National Day) on this day in history.   

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

1961  On this day in history kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58   

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

1963  On June - 26 kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner)   

1963  Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian govt on this day in history.   

1963  Obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies on June - 26.   

1964  Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album on this day in history.   

1965  On June - 26 johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82   

1967  On this day in history errol Hunte, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies   

1968  Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US on June - 26.   

1971  On this day in history guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91   

1972  David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1974  On June - 26 liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton)   

1975  Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency on June - 26.   

1975  On June - 26 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 this day in history.   

1978  Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France on June - 26.   

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

1978  Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed on this day in history.   

1979  Charles Clore, financier, dies on this day in history.   

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

1982  On June - 26 a Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521   

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

1582  On this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent was born on this day in history.   

1681  On this day in history 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  On June - 26 birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)   

1702  On June - 26 birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman   

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on June - 26.   

0363  On June - 26 flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies   

1291  On June - 26 death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England   

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.   

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 June - 26.   

1666  On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

1688  On this day in history ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies