Historical Events In December - 26

1971  Air Canada jet on flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto hijacked to Cuba on December - 26.   

1971  On this day in history robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57   

1972  On December - 26 harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the U.S., dies in Kansas City, Missouri.   

1972  Harry Truman, 33rd US Pres (1945-53), dies in KC Mo at 88 on December - 26.   

1973  2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours on this day in history.   

1973  On December - 26 soyuz 13 returns to Earth   

1973  Harold B Lee, US head of Mormon Church, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 26 television and radio comedian Jack Benny dies in Los Angeles at age 80.   

1974  Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1975  Russia begins the world's first supersonic air transport service with its Tupolev-144 run from Moscow to Alma-Ata on this day in history.   

1976  In St. John's Newfoundland a nursing home fire kills 21 elderly residents on December - 26.   

1976  On December - 26 philip A Heart, (Sen-D-Mich), dies at 64   

1977  Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1978  On December - 26 india's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail   

1985  On this day in history ford introduced the Taurus line of auto's,, the product of years of engineering   

1985  On December - 26 dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53   

1986  M Montreal Canadien Doug Jarvis, age 31, sets a National Hockey League record as he skates in his 916th consecutive game on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history tV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run   

1986  On December - 26 elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 84   

1988  John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history a provisional government takes control of Romania, following the secret trial and execution of President Nicolae Ceausescu.   

1989  On this day in history lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86   

1990  On December - 26 garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship   

1990  Nancy Cruznan, accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33 on December - 26.   

1991  Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction (the gun used to kill Harvey Oswald) on December - 26.   

1991  On December - 26 militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India   

1991  Toronto Ontario Northwest Airlines buys 20 Dash 8 Series 100 aircraft from de Haviland for $190 million; division of Boeing Canada on this day in history.   

1991  Dehl Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at 70 on December - 26.   

1992  On December - 26 bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74   

1993  Jeff Morrow, actor (Robe, Harbor Lights, Blood Legacy), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1994  French commandos storm a hijacked Air France jet on the ground in Marseille, freeing 170 hostages and killing the Algerian hijackers on this day in history.   

1994  On December - 26 asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Neth welfare worker, dies at 74   

1996  Six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's Boulder, Colorado, home. The killing remains unsolved on December - 26.   

1997  On December - 26 john Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81   

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1194  On this day in history birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

1532  On December - 26 birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)   

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1618  On this day in history birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

1633  On this day in history birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

1646  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on December - 26.   

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on this day in history.   

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on December - 26.   

0268  On this day in history death of pope Dionysius   

1350  Death of Jean de Marigny, French bishop on December - 26.   

1458  On December - 26 death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

1476  On this day in history death of galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered   

1530  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on December - 26.   

1624  On this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54