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 this day in history.   

1950  In London King George VI opens the restored House of Commons chamber, destroyed in a 1941 bombing raid on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles   

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  On October - 26 chevrolet unveils V-8 engine   

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

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  On October - 26 arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74   

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

1956  Vietnam promulgates its constitution on October - 26.   

1956  On October - 26 walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60   

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

1957  On October - 26 vatican Radio begins broadcasting   

1957  On this day in history n Kazantzakis, writer, dies   

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

1958  PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris on October - 26.   

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

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

1962  Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" on October - 26.   

1962  On October - 26 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  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  On October - 26 birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

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

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history 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 this day in history alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies   

1132  On this day in history 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  On October - 26 death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on October - 26.   

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

1608  On October - 26 juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on October - 26.