Page 6: Historical Events In October - 26

1944  U.S. defeats the Japanese Navy near the Phillipines on October - 26.   

1947  On this day in history maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India   

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

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

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

1950  On this day in history 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea   

1951  Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

1951  On October - 26 emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles   

1952  On this day in history pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India   

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

1954  On this day in history chevrolet unveils V-8 engine   

1954  Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on October - 26.   

1955  Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history 1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published   

1955  Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1956  UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved on this day in history.   

1956  Vietnam promulgates its constitution on this day in history.   

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 October - 26.   

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

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

1960  On October - 26 aL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins & announces franchises in LA & Wash DC for 1961   

1961  1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test on this day in history.   

1961  Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies on October - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1964  Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1965  Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history 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  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on this day in history.   

1466  On October - 26 birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on October - 26.   

1483  On this day in history birth of hans Buchner, composer   

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 October - 26.   

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

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on October - 26.   

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

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

1235  On October - 26 andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies   

1440  Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on October - 26.   

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 October - 26 juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

1633  On this day in history death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)