Page 6: Historical Events In June - 26

1958  On June - 26 vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed)   

1958  Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium on this day in history.   

1958  Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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

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

1959  On this day in history ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title   

1959  Audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies on June - 26.   

1960  British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain on June - 26.   

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

1960  On this day in history john Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70   

1961  On this day in history kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58   

1962  On June - 26 blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill   

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

1964  On this day in history beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album   

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  Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US on June - 26.   

1971  On June - 26 guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91   

1972  David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 on June - 26.   

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

1974  On this day in history liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton)   

1975  Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency on this day in history.   

1975  Indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud on June - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1981  Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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1575  On June - 26 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  On June - 26 birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)   

1689  On this day in history birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)   

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

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman was born on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)   

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

1291  Death of Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on this day in history.   

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

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

1657  On June - 26 tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65   

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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