Historical Events In June - 26

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

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

1958  Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93 on June - 26.   

1959  On June - 26 ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ   

1959  Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway on this day in history.   

1959  Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title on this day in history.   

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

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 June - 26.   

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  On June - 26 kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner)   

1963  On June - 26 alfons Gorbach forms Austrian govt   

1963  On this day in history 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 June - 26.   

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  Indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud on June - 26.   

1975  On this day in history supreme Court of Canada upholds PEI law banning non-residents from owning more than 4 hectares of land.(a small island?)   

1977  42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43   

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

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

1978  Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed on this day in history.   

1979  On June - 26 charles Clore, financier, dies   

1981  Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies on June - 26.   

1982  A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521 on June - 26.   

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

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on June - 26.   

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  On June - 26 birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)   

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

1702  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on June - 26.   

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on June - 26.   

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

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on this day in history.   

1688  On June - 26 ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies