Page 6: Historical Events In June - 26

1958  Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on June - 26.   

1958  Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium on this day in history.   

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

1959  On this day in history ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ   

1959  Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway on this day in history.   

1959  Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title on this day in history.   

1959  On June - 26 audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies   

1960  British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain on June - 26.   

1960  Madagascar gains independence from France (National Day) on June - 26.   

1960  On June - 26 john Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70   

1961  On this day in history kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58   

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 June - 26.   

1963  On this day in history alfons Gorbach forms Austrian govt   

1963  Obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies on June - 26.   

1964  Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album on this day in history.   

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

1967  On June - 26 errol Hunte, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies   

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

1971  On June - 26 guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91   

1972  David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 on June - 26.   

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

1974  On this day in history liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton)   

1975  On this day in history indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency   

1975  Indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud on this day in history.   

1975  Supreme Court of Canada upholds PEI law banning non-residents from owning more than 4 hectares of land.(a small island?) on June - 26.   

1977  On this day in history 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn   

1977  Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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

1978  First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched on this day in history.   

1978  On June - 26 rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed   

1979  On this day in history charles Clore, financier, dies   

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  On June - 26 birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)   

1582  On this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1689  On June - 26 birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)   

1694  On June - 26 birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)   

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

1703  On June - 26 birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)   

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 June - 26.   

1631  On this day in history justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.   

1688  On this day in history ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies