Page 6: Historical Events In June - 26

1958  On this day in history vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed)   

1958  Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium on June - 26.   

1958  On June - 26 martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93   

1959  Ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1959  Audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history british Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain   

1960  Madagascar gains independence from France (National Day) on this day in history.   

1960  John Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1961  Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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  Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian govt on June - 26.   

1963  Obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies on this day in history.   

1964  Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album on June - 26.   

1965  On this day in history johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82   

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  On June - 26 guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91   

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

1973  On June - 26 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  On June - 26 supreme Court of Canada upholds PEI law banning non-residents from owning more than 4 hectares of land.(a small island?)   

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 June - 26.   

1978  On this day in history brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France   

1978  First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched on this day in history.   

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

1979  Charles Clore, financier, dies on this day in history.   

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

1982  On this day in history a Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521   

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1575  On this day in history birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)   

1582  On June - 26 birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent was born on this day in history.   

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on June - 26.   

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

1694  On this day in history birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)   

1702  On this day in history birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman   

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on June - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1631  On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1661  On June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76   

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.   

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.