Historical Events In June - 26
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1958 Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on this day in history.
1958 On June - 26 gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium
1958 On this day in history 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 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 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 Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 on June - 26.
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 On this day in history alfons Gorbach forms Austrian govt
1963 On June - 26 obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies
1964 On June - 26 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 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 this day in history.
1973 Arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59 on June - 26.
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 this day in history.
1975 On this day in history supreme Court of Canada upholds PEI law banning non-residents from owning more than 4 hectares of land.(a small island?)
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 this day in history brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France
1978 On this day in history first dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched
1978 Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed on this day in history.
1979 Charles Clore, financier, dies on June - 26.
1981 Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies on June - 26.
1982 On this day in history a Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521
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