Page 6: Historical Events In October - 26

1944  U.S. defeats the Japanese Navy near the Phillipines on this day in history.   

1947  On October - 26 maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India   

1949  President Truman signs a measure raising the U.S. minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour on October - 26.   

1949  On October - 26 president Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents   

1950  In London King George VI opens the restored House of Commons chamber, destroyed in a 1941 bombing raid on October - 26.   

1950  630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea on October - 26.   

1951  Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden on October - 26.   

1951  On this day in history emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles   

1952  On October - 26 pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India   

1953  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia on October - 26.   

1954  Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine on October - 26.   

1954  On October - 26 floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies   

1955  Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres on this day in history.   

1955  1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published on October - 26.   

1955  Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 on October - 26.   

1956  On this day in history uN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved   

1956  Vietnam promulgates its constitution on October - 26.   

1956  On this day in history walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60   

1957  USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov on October - 26.   

1957  Vatican Radio begins broadcasting on October - 26.   

1957  On this day in history n Kazantzakis, writer, dies   

1958  On October - 26 pan Am flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes.   

1958  On this day in history panAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris   

1960  AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins & announces franchises in LA & Wash DC for 1961 on this day in history.   

1961  On October - 26 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test   

1961  Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies on this day in history.   

1962  Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" on October - 26.   

1962  Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on October - 26.   

1964  On October - 26 rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show   

1964  On this day in history agnes Miegel, writer, dies   

1965  On this day in history beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace   

1965  Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang on this day in history.   

1966  The first Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2 on October - 26.   

1967  On October - 26 shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on October - 26.   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on October - 26.   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1483  On this day in history birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  On this day in history birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  On October - 26 birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

0899  On October - 26 alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies   

1132  On this day in history death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on October - 26.   

1440  Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on this day in history.   

1576  Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on October - 26.   

1607  On October - 26 philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  On this day in history juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on this day in history.