Historical Events In June - 26

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

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

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

1959  Ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ on June - 26.   

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 June - 26.   

1959  Audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies on June - 26.   

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

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

1960  On this day in history 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  Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill on June - 26.   

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

1963  On this day in history alfons Gorbach forms Austrian govt   

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

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 June - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1975  Indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud on June - 26.   

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  On this day in history 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn   

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

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

1978  First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched on June - 26.   

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

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

1981  Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 June - 26.   

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman was born on June - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1291  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1688  On June - 26 ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies