Historical Events In October - 26

1944  U.S. defeats the Japanese Navy near the Phillipines on this day in history.   

1947  On October - 26 maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India   

1949  On October - 26 president Truman signs a measure raising the U.S. minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour.   

1949  On October - 26 president Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents   

1950  In London King George VI opens the restored House of Commons chamber, destroyed in a 1941 bombing raid on October - 26.   

1950  630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea on October - 26.   

1951  Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

1951  Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India   

1953  On October - 26 great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia   

1954  On this day in history chevrolet unveils V-8 engine   

1954  Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on this day in history.   

1955  Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres on October - 26.   

1955  1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published on this day in history.   

1955  Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1956  On October - 26 uN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved   

1956  Vietnam promulgates its constitution on October - 26.   

1956  On October - 26 walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60   

1957  USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov on October - 26.   

1957  Vatican Radio begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history n Kazantzakis, writer, dies   

1958  Pan Am flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes on October - 26.   

1958  On October - 26 panAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris   

1960  On October - 26 aL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins & announces franchises in LA & Wash DC for 1961   

1961  On this day in history 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test   

1961  On this day in history edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies   

1962  Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" on this day in history.   

1962  Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on October - 26.   

1964  Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history agnes Miegel, writer, dies   

1965  Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace on October - 26.   

1965  Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang on this day in history.   

1966  The first Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2 on October - 26.   

1967  Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne on October - 26.   

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1427  On this day in history birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  On October - 26 birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on October - 26.   

1483  On October - 26 birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  On this day in history birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on October - 26.   

1645  On this day in history birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on October - 26.   

0899  On this day in history alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies   

1132  On this day in history death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on this day in history.   

1440  On October - 26 death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  On this day in history frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  On October - 26 philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on October - 26.   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on this day in history.