Page 6: Historical Events In June - 26
Monday, 20 January 2025
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 Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93 on June - 26.
1959 Ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ on this day in history.
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 British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain on this day in history.
1960 On this day in history madagascar gains independence from France (National Day)
1960 On June - 26 john Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70
1961 Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 on this day in history.
1962 On June - 26 blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill
1963 Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) on June - 26.
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 On this day in history beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album
1965 Johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history errol Hunte, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies
1968 On this day in history iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US
1971 Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91 on June - 26.
1972 On June - 26 david Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61
1973 On June - 26 arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59
1974 Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) on June - 26.
1975 On this day in history indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency
1975 On June - 26 indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud
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 On this day in history brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France
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 On this day in history charles Clore, financier, dies
1981 Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies on June - 26.
1982 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521 on June - 26.
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