Historical Events In June - 26

1958  Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on June - 26.  

1958  Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway  

1959  On June - 26 ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title  

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  On June - 26 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  On June - 26 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  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  On June - 26 iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US  

1971  On June - 26 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud  

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  42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn on June - 26.  

1977  On this day in history lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43  

1978  Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France on this day in history.  

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

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

1979  On June - 26 charles Clore, financier, dies  

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

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

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on June - 26.  

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent was born on June - 26.  

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on June - 26.  

1689  On June - 26 birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)  

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

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

1703  On this day in history birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)  

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

1291  Death of Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on this day in history.  

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

1631  On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies  

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

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