Historical Events In December - 26

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

1971  On December - 26 robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57   

1972  Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the U.S., dies in Kansas City, Missouri on this day in history.   

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 December - 26.   

1973  Soyuz 13 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1973  On December - 26 harold B Lee, US head of Mormon Church, dies at 74   

1974  On this day in history television and radio comedian Jack Benny dies in Los Angeles at age 80.   

1974  Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80 on December - 26.   

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  On December - 26 in St. John's Newfoundland a nursing home fire kills 21 elderly residents.   

1976  Philip A Heart, (Sen-D-Mich), dies at 64 on December - 26.   

1977  On this day in history howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81   

1978  On this day in history india's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail   

1985  Ford introduced the Taurus line of auto's,, the product of years of engineering on December - 26.   

1985  On this day in history 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  TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run on December - 26.   

1986  Elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 84 on December - 26.   

1988  John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90 on December - 26.   

1989  A provisional government takes control of Romania, following the secret trial and execution of President Nicolae Ceausescu on December - 26.   

1989  Lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship   

1990  Nancy Cruznan, accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

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

1991  Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India on December - 26.   

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  On December - 26 dehl Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at 70   

1992  On this day in history 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  Asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Neth welfare worker, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1997  John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on December - 26.   

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on this day in history.   

1536  On December - 26 birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)   

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  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on December - 26.   

1646  On this day in history birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on December - 26.   

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius   

1350  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on this day in history.   

1476  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.   

1530  On December - 26 zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1624  On December - 26 simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54