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 this day in history.   

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

1950  On this day in history in London King George VI opens the restored House of Commons chamber, destroyed in a 1941 bombing raid   

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

1951  Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

1951  Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles on October - 26.   

1952  Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India on this day in history.   

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

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

1954  Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on October - 26.   

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

1955  On this day in history 1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published   

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  On October - 26 vietnam promulgates its constitution   

1956  Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1957  Vatican Radio begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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

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

1958  On October - 26 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 this day in history.   

1961  Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies on October - 26.   

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

1962  Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on this day in history.   

1473  On October - 26 birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on October - 26.   

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  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  Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1440  On October - 26 death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

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  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.