Page 6: Historical Events In October - 26

1944  U.S. defeats the Japanese Navy near the Phillipines on this day in history.   

1947  Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India on October - 26.   

1949  President Truman signs a measure raising the U.S. minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour on this day in history.   

1949  President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents on this day in history.   

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

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

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 October - 26.   

1952  Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India on this day in history.   

1953  On October - 26 great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia   

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  1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published on October - 26.   

1955  On this day in history arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74   

1956  On October - 26 uN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved   

1956  On October - 26 vietnam promulgates its constitution   

1956  Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 on October - 26.   

1957  On October - 26 uSSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov   

1957  Vatican Radio begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1957  N Kazantzakis, writer, dies on October - 26.   

1958  On October - 26 pan Am flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes.   

1958  On October - 26 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  Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies on this day in history.   

1962  Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" on this day in history.   

1962  Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1964  Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show on October - 26.   

1964  On this day in history agnes Miegel, writer, dies   

1965  Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace on this day in history.   

1965  On October - 26 sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang   

1966  On October - 26 the first Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2   

1967  On this day in history shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne   

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1427  On this day in history birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  On this day in history birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

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  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on October - 26.   

1132  On October - 26 death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  On this day in history andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies   

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  On October - 26 philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  On this day in history juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

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