Page 7: Historical Events In December - 26

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

1971  On this day in history 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 December - 26.   

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

1973  Soyuz 13 returns to Earth on December - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1974  Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80 on December - 26.   

1975  On December - 26 russia begins the world's first supersonic air transport service with its Tupolev-144 run from Moscow to Alma-Ata.   

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

1976  Philip A Heart, (Sen-D-Mich), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1978  On this day in history india's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail   

1985  On this day in history ford introduced the Taurus line of auto's,, the product of years of engineering   

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  TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run on this day in history.   

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

1988  On this day in history john Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90   

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

1989  On December - 26 lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86   

1990  Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship on this day in history.   

1990  Nancy Cruznan, accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33 on December - 26.   

1991  On this day in history jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction (the gun used to kill Harvey Oswald)   

1991  On December - 26 militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India   

1991  Toronto Ontario Northwest Airlines buys 20 Dash 8 Series 100 aircraft from de Haviland for $190 million; division of Boeing Canada on this day in history.   

1991  Dehl Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at 70 on December - 26.   

1992  On this day in history bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74   

1993  Jeff Morrow, actor (Robe, Harbor Lights, Blood Legacy), dies at 80 on December - 26.   

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

1994  Asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Neth welfare worker, dies at 74 on December - 26.   

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 December - 26 john Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81   

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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on this day in history.   

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on December - 26.   

1646  On this day in history birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

1660  On December - 26 birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

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

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

1350  On December - 26 death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on December - 26.   

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

1530  On December - 26 zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  On this day in history charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

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