Page 6: Historical Events In June - 26

1958  Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on this day in history.   

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

1958  Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill on this day in history.   

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

1963  On June - 26 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 June - 26.   

1965  On June - 26 johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82   

1967  Errol Hunte, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies on June - 26.   

1968  On June - 26 iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US   

1971  Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91 on June - 26.   

1972  On this day in history 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  Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 June - 26.   

1978  On this day in history brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France   

1978  First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched on June - 26.   

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

1979  On June - 26 charles Clore, financier, dies   

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

1982  A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521 on this day in history.   

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1575  On June - 26 birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)   

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

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)   

0363  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on this day in history.   

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  On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

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

1661  On June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76   

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

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