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 this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history 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  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  On June - 26 audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies   

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

1960  Madagascar gains independence from France (National Day) on June - 26.   

1960  On June - 26 john Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70   

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

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

1963  Obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album   

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

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

1973  Arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59 on June - 26.   

1974  Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) on June - 26.   

1975  On this day in history indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency   

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 this day in history first dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched   

1978  On June - 26 rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed   

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

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

1982  A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521 on June - 26.   

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1575  On June - 26 birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)   

1582  On June - 26 birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

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 June - 26.   

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  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 June - 26.   

1541  On June - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on June - 26.   

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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 June - 26.