Historical Events In October - 26

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

1947  On October - 26 maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India   

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

1951  On this day in history rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden   

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 this day in history.   

1954  Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1956  On this day in history uN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved   

1956  On this day in history vietnam promulgates its constitution   

1956  On October - 26 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  On October - 26 n Kazantzakis, writer, dies   

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 October - 26 panAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris   

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

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

1961  Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1965  Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace on October - 26.   

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

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

1967  Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne on this day in history.   

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1427  On October - 26 birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on October - 26.   

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

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on October - 26.   

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

0899  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1440  On this day in history death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  On this day in history frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  On October - 26 philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on this day in history.   

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