Historical Events In October - 26

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

1947  Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India on October - 26.   

1949  President Truman signs a measure raising the U.S. minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour on this day in history.   

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 October - 26.   

1950  On October - 26 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea   

1951  On October - 26 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  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia on October - 26.   

1954  Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine on October - 26.   

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 October - 26.   

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

1956  Vietnam promulgates its constitution on this day in history.   

1956  Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 on October - 26.   

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

1957  Vatican Radio begins broadcasting on October - 26.   

1957  N Kazantzakis, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1961  On October - 26 edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies   

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1964  Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on October - 26.   

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

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on this day in history.   

1473  On October - 26 birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on October - 26.   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

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

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on this day in history.   

1132  Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on October - 26.   

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  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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.