Page 6: Historical Events In October - 26

1944  On October - 26 u.S. defeats the Japanese Navy near the Phillipines.   

1947  Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India on this day in history.   

1949  On October - 26 president Truman signs a measure raising the U.S. minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour.   

1949  President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents on October - 26.   

1950  In London King George VI opens the restored House of Commons chamber, destroyed in a 1941 bombing raid on October - 26.   

1950  On October - 26 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea   

1951  Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden on October - 26.   

1951  Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles on this day in history.   

1952  On October - 26 pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India   

1953  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia on this day in history.   

1954  Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine on October - 26.   

1954  On October - 26 floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies   

1955  On October - 26 ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres   

1955  On October - 26 1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published   

1955  Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 on October - 26.   

1956  UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved on October - 26.   

1956  Vietnam promulgates its constitution on October - 26.   

1956  On this day in history walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60   

1957  USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov on October - 26.   

1957  Vatican Radio begins broadcasting on October - 26.   

1957  N Kazantzakis, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1958  Pan Am flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history panAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris   

1960  AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins & announces franchises in LA & Wash DC for 1961 on this day in history.   

1961  1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test on October - 26.   

1961  On October - 26 edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies   

1962  On October - 26 beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"   

1962  On this day in history hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

1964  On October - 26 rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show   

1964  On October - 26 agnes Miegel, writer, dies   

1965  On this day in history beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace   

1965  On this day in history sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang   

1966  The first Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2 on this day in history.   

1967  Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne on October - 26.   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on this day in history.   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on this day in history.   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  On October - 26 birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  On this day in history birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

1673  On this day in history birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

0899  On October - 26 alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies   

1132  Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on this day in history.   

1235  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on October - 26.   

1440  Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on this day in history.   

1576  On October - 26 frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on October - 26.   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on October - 26.   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on this day in history.