Page 7: Historical Events In December - 26

1971  Air Canada jet on flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto hijacked to Cuba on this day in history.   

1971  On December - 26 robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57   

1972  On December - 26 harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the U.S., dies in Kansas City, Missouri.   

1972  Harry Truman, 33rd US Pres (1945-53), dies in KC Mo at 88 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours   

1973  On December - 26 soyuz 13 returns to Earth   

1973  On this day in history harold B Lee, US head of Mormon Church, dies at 74   

1974  Television and radio comedian Jack Benny dies in Los Angeles at age 80 on December - 26.   

1974  On this day in history jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80   

1975  Russia begins the world's first supersonic air transport service with its Tupolev-144 run from Moscow to Alma-Ata on this day in history.   

1976  On December - 26 in St. John's Newfoundland a nursing home fire kills 21 elderly residents.   

1976  On December - 26 philip A Heart, (Sen-D-Mich), dies at 64   

1977  Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1978  India's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail on this day in history.   

1985  Ford introduced the Taurus line of auto's,, the product of years of engineering on this day in history.   

1985  Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53 on December - 26.   

1986  On this day in history m Montreal Canadien Doug Jarvis, age 31, sets a National Hockey League record as he skates in his 916th consecutive game   

1986  On this day in history tV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run   

1986  On December - 26 elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 84   

1988  John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90 on December - 26.   

1989  A provisional government takes control of Romania, following the secret trial and execution of President Nicolae Ceausescu on December - 26.   

1989  On this day in history lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86   

1990  On this day in history garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship   

1990  On December - 26 nancy Cruznan, accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33   

1991  On December - 26 jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction (the gun used to kill Harvey Oswald)   

1991  Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 26 toronto Ontario Northwest Airlines buys 20 Dash 8 Series 100 aircraft from de Haviland for $190 million; division of Boeing Canada.   

1991  Dehl Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1992  On December - 26 bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74   

1993  On this day in history jeff Morrow, actor (Robe, Harbor Lights, Blood Legacy), dies at 80   

1994  On December - 26 french commandos storm a hijacked Air France jet on the ground in Marseille, freeing 170 hostages and killing the Algerian hijackers.   

1994  On this day in history asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Neth welfare worker, dies at 74   

1996  On this day in history six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's Boulder, Colorado, home. The killing remains unsolved.   

1997  On this day in history john Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81   

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1194  On this day in history birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on December - 26.   

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on December - 26.   

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on December - 26.   

1633  On this day in history birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

1646  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on December - 26.   

1660  On this day in history birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius   

1350  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  On December - 26 death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

1476  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on this day in history.   

1530  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on December - 26.   

1574  On December - 26 charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on December - 26.