Page 6: Historical Events In October - 26

1944  On this day in history u.S. defeats the Japanese Navy near the Phillipines.   

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

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

1949  President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents on October - 26.   

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

1951  Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden on October - 26.   

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

1952  On October - 26 pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India   

1953  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history 1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published   

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 this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history 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 October - 26 n Kazantzakis, writer, dies   

1958  On this day in history pan Am flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes.   

1958  On this day in history 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  1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test on this day in history.   

1961  Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies on October - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1964  Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on October - 26.   

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

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

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

1967  On this day in history shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on October - 26.   

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

1473  On October - 26 birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

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 this day in history.   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  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  On October - 26 death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)