Historical Events In June - 26

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

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 this day in history.  

1959  Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway on June - 26.  

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

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

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1961  Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 on June - 26.  

1962  Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner)  

1963  Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian govt on June - 26.  

1963  Obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies on June - 26.  

1964  On June - 26 beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album  

1965  Johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82 on June - 26.  

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

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  David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 on June - 26.  

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  Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1982  On June - 26 a Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521  

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

1582  On this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)  

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

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on June - 26.  

0363  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on June - 26.  

1291  On this day in history death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England  

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima  

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

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

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

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on this day in history.  

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