Historical Events In June - 26

1958  On this day in history vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed)   

1958  On this day in history gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium   

1958  On this day in history martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93   

1959  Ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ on June - 26.   

1959  On June - 26 queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway   

1959  On June - 26 ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title   

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

1960  On June - 26 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 this day in history.   

1961  Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 on June - 26.   

1962  Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill on June - 26.   

1963  Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) on this day in history.   

1963  Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian govt on this day in history.   

1963  Obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies on this day in history.   

1964  Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album on June - 26.   

1965  Johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1967  Errol Hunte, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies on this day in history.   

1968  Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91   

1972  David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1973  On June - 26 arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59   

1974  Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) on this day in history.   

1975  Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency on June - 26.   

1975  On this day in history indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud   

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  Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43 on June - 26.   

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

1978  On this day in history first dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched   

1978  On this day in history rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed   

1979  Charles Clore, financier, dies on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history peter Kreuder, German composer, dies   

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

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on June - 26.   

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

1655  On June - 26 birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on June - 26.   

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on June - 26.   

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

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman was born on June - 26.   

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.   

0363  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on June - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1666  On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.