Page 6: Historical Events In October - 26

1944  On October - 26 u.S. defeats the Japanese Navy near the Phillipines.   

1947  Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India on October - 26.   

1949  President Truman signs a measure raising the U.S. minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea   

1951  On October - 26 rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden   

1951  Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles on October - 26.   

1952  Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India on this day in history.   

1953  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia on October - 26.   

1954  Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine on October - 26.   

1954  On this day in history floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies   

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  On October - 26 arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74   

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

1956  On this day in history vietnam promulgates its constitution   

1956  Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1957  USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history vatican Radio begins broadcasting   

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

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

1958  PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris on this day in history.   

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

1961  On October - 26 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test   

1961  On October - 26 edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies   

1962  On this day in history beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"   

1962  On this day in history hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

1964  Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show on October - 26.   

1964  Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1965  On this day in history sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang   

1966  On October - 26 the first Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2   

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  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  On this day in history birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on October - 26.   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on this day in history.   

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 October - 26 frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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.