Page 6: Historical Events In June - 26

1958  Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on this day in history.   

1958  On June - 26 gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium   

1958  On this day in history martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93   

1959  Ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ on June - 26.   

1959  On this day in history queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway   

1959  Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title on June - 26.   

1959  On this day in history audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies   

1960  British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history madagascar gains independence from France (National Day)   

1960  John Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70 on June - 26.   

1961  On June - 26 kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58   

1962  Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill on this day in history.   

1963  Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) on this day in history.   

1963  On June - 26 alfons Gorbach forms Austrian govt   

1963  On June - 26 obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies   

1964  Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album on this day in history.   

1965  Johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82 on June - 26.   

1967  On June - 26 errol Hunte, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies   

1968  On this day in history iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US   

1971  Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1972  David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59   

1974  Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) on June - 26.   

1975  Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency on June - 26.   

1975  On June - 26 indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud   

1975  Supreme Court of Canada upholds PEI law banning non-residents from owning more than 4 hectares of land.(a small island?) on June - 26.   

1977  On June - 26 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn   

1977  Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1978  Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France on June - 26.   

1978  On June - 26 first dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched   

1978  Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed on June - 26.   

1979  On this day in history charles Clore, financier, dies   

1981  On this day in history peter Kreuder, German composer, dies   

1982  On June - 26 a Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521   

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1655  On June - 26 birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on June - 26.   

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on June - 26.   

1702  On June - 26 birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman   

1703  On June - 26 birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)   

0363  On June - 26 flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies   

1291  On June - 26 death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England   

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.   

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65   

1661  On this day in history lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76   

1666  On this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on this day in history.