Historical Events In December - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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