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  President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden   

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

1952  Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India on October - 26.   

1953  On October - 26 great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia   

1954  On this day in history chevrolet unveils V-8 engine   

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

1955  On October - 26 ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres   

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

1955  On this day in history arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74   

1956  On October - 26 uN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved   

1956  On this day in history vietnam promulgates its constitution   

1956  On October - 26 walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60   

1957  USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history vatican Radio begins broadcasting   

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

1958  On this day in history 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  On this day in history aL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins & announces franchises in LA & Wash DC for 1961   

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

1961  On October - 26 edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies   

1962  Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

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

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

1965  On October - 26 beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace   

1965  On October - 26 sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang   

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

1967  Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne on October - 26.   

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

1466  On this day in history birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on October - 26.   

1645  On October - 26 birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on October - 26.   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on this day in history.   

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 October - 26.   

1576  On this day in history frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on this day in history.   

1633  On October - 26 death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)