Page 6: Historical Events In June - 26

1958  On this day in history vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed)   

1958  On this day in history gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium   

1958  Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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

1959  Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway on this day in history.   

1959  Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title on this day in history.   

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 June - 26.   

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

1961  On June - 26 kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58   

1962  Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill on June - 26.   

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 this day in history obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies   

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

1965  Johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1967  Errol Hunte, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  Arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59 on June - 26.   

1974  Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) on this day in history.   

1975  On June - 26 indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency   

1975  Indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud on this day in history.   

1975  On June - 26 supreme Court of Canada upholds PEI law banning non-residents from owning more than 4 hectares of land.(a small island?)   

1977  On June - 26 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn   

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

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

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

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

1979  On this day in history charles Clore, financier, dies   

1981  On June - 26 peter Kreuder, German composer, dies   

1982  On this day in history a Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521   

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1575  On June - 26 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 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  On June - 26 birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)   

1702  On this day in history birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman   

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  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  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.   

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

1661  On this day in history lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76   

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

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