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October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar , with 66 days remaining.
Contents
1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links
Events 740 - An earthquake strikes Constantinople , causing much damage and death.
1640 - The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England .
1774 - The first Continental Congress adjourns.
1776 - Benjamin Franklin departed America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution
1795 - The French Directory , a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
1825 - The Erie Canal opens - passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie .
1859 - The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey , north Wales with 459 dead.
1860 - Meeting of Teano . Giuseppe Garibaldi , conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies , gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy .
1863 - The Football Association is formed.
1881 - The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona .
1905 - Norway becomes independent from Sweden .
1912 - The city of Thessaloniki is unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius .
1912 - First Balkan War : The Serbian troops capture Skopje .
1917 - Battle of Caporetto : Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the hands of Germany and Austria during the World War I .
1918 - Erich Ludendorff , quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army , is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
1936 - The first electric generator at Hoover Dam went into full operation.
1940 - The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
1942 - World War II : In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign , one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet Enterprise 1943 - World War II : First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
1944 - World War II : The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends.
1944 - Future Vice-president, and later, President Harry Truman publicly denies ever having been a member of the Ku Klux Klan .
1947 - The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India .
1947 - The British Military Occupation ends in Iraq .
1948 - Killer smog settles into Donora, Pennsylvania .
1951 - Boxer Joe Louis comes out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano . However, Marciano would win the fight in eight rounds.
1954 - Trieste return to Italy .
1955 - After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty , Austria declares its permanent neutrality .
1955 - Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam .
1958 - Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York to Paris.
1964 - Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
1965 - The Beatles are appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBEs).
1965 - The body of Sylvia Likens is found in Indianapolis, Indiana .
1977 - The last natural case of smallpox was discovered in Merca district, Somalia . The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination .
1978 - Independent Counsel Act is signed into law.
1979 - Park Chung-hee , President of South Korea is assassinated by KCIA head Kim Jae-kyu . Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
1984 - "Baby Fae " receives a heart transplant from a baboon .
1984 - John D. McCollum shoots and kills himself after spending a day listening to Ozzy Osbourne records; a lawsuit is later filed by his parents over the song "Suicide Solution 1985 - Major League Baseball umpire Don Denkinger makes a controversial call in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series .
1986 - The Buckner Error .
1992 - The command and control system of the London Ambulance Service fails catastrophically.
1992 - The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum .
1993 - The Carolina Panthers become the NFL 's 29th franchise and the first expansion team since 1976 .
1994 - Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
1994 - Announcement that Andrew Wiles correctly proved Fermat's last theorem .
1995 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict : Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta .
1997 - The left arms of Chen Ming-Kuo and Yang Chung-ming are amputated by the rope in a 1,500-person tug-of-war contest in Taipei ; both arms are successfully reattached later on.
1997 - Basketball player Charles Barkley is charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest after throwing Jorge Lugo through a plate glass window in a dance club in Orlando, Florida .
1999 - Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament .
2000 - Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï .
2001 - The United States passes the controversial USA PATRIOT Act into law.
2002 - Moscow Theater Siege ends: Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow , which had been occupied by the rebels during a musical performance three days before.
2004 - AT&T Wireless is officially acquired by Cingular Wireless . The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series since the 1918 season
2005 - The Chicago White Sox defeat the Houston Astros in the World Series to win their first championship since 1917.
Births 1427 - Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496 )
1473 - Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510 )
1491 - Zhengde , Emperor of China (d. 1521 )
1673 - Dimitrie Cantemir , Moldavian prince, linguist, and scholar (d. 1723 )
1684 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin , Prussian field marshal (d. 1757 )
1685 - Domenico Scarlatti , Italian composer (d. 1757 )
1694 - Johan Helmich Roman , Swedish composer (d. 1758 )
1757 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold , Austrian philosopher (d. 1823 )
1759 - Georges Jacques Danton , French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794 )
1768 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko , Polish general and politician (d. 1844 )
1794 - Konstantin Thon , Russian architect (d. 1881 )
1795 - Nikolaos Mantzaros , Greek composer (d. 1872 )
1800 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder , Prussian field marshal (d. 1891 )
1802 - King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866 )
1842 - Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin , Russian painter (d. 1904 )
1849 - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius , German mathematician (d. 1917 )
1854 - C. W. Post , American entrepreneur (d. 1914 )
1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim , American businessman (d. 1912 )
1869 - Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa , President of Brazil (d. 1957 )
1871 - Guillermo Kahlo , father of Frida Kahlo (d. 1941 )
1873 - Thorvald Stauning , Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942 )
1874 - Martin Lowry , British chemist (d. 1936 )
1880 - Andrei Bely , Russian writer (d. 1934 )
1883 - Paul Pilgrim , American athlete (d. 1958 )
1899 - Judy Johnson Hall of Fame baseball player in the Negro Leagues (d. 1989 )
1902 - Jack Sharkey , American boxer (d. 1994 )
1906 - Primo Carnera , Italian boxer (d. 1967 )
1911 - Sid Gilman , American football player (d. 2003 )
1911 - Mahalia Jackson , American singer (d. 1972 )
1911 - Sorley MacLean , Scottish poet (d. 1996 )
1912 - Don Siegel , American director (d. 1991 )
1913 - Charlie Barnet , American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991 )
1914 - Jackie Coogan , American actor (d. 1984 )
1916 - François Mitterrand , President of France (d. 1996 )
1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran , Shah of Iran (d. 1980 )
1921 - George Forrest , Northern Irish MP (d. 1968 )
1925 - Jan Wolkers , Dutch author
1929 - Neal Matthews, Jr. , American singer (The Jordanaires ) (d. 2000 )
1942 - Bob Hoskins , British actor
1945 - Pat Conroy , American writer
1945 - Jaclyn Smith , American actress
1945 - Demetris Th. Gotsis , Greek poet and author
1946 - Pat Sajak , American game show host
1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton , First Lady of the United States and United States Senator
1947 - Holly Woodlawn , Puerto Rican actress
1948 - Toby Harrah , American Major League Baseball player
1949 - Steve Rogers , Major League Baseball pitcher
1951 - Bootsy Collins , American musician (P Funk )
1952 - Andrew Motion , English poet and Poet Laureate
1954 - Vassilis Hatzipanagis , Greek footballer
1956 - Stephen Gumley , Australian businessman
1957 - Bob Golic , American football player
1958 - Rita Wilson , American actress
1959 - Evo Morales , President of Bolivia
1959 - François Chau , Cambodian actor
1959 - Brian Bovell , British actor
1961 - Dylan McDermott , American actor
1962 - Cary Elwes , British actor
1963 - Natalie Merchant , American singer
1963 - Ted Demme , American film and television director (d. 2002 )
1965 - Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing , Hong Kong singer
1966 - Jane Hajduk , American actress
1966 - Steve Valentine , British actor
1966 - Jeanne Zelasko , American sportcaster
1967 - Keith Urban , New Zealand singer
1970 - Raveena Tandon , Indian actress
1971 - Anthony Rapp , American singer and actor
1973 - Seth MacFarlane , American animator
1974 - LISA , Japanese musician
1976 - Miikka Kiprusoff , Finnish hockey player
1977 - Jon Heder , American actor
1978 - Jimmy Aggrey , English footballer
1978 - CM Punk , American professional wrestler
1978 - Mark Barry , English musician (BBMak )
1980 - Cristian Chivu , Romanian footballer
1981 - Guy Sebastian , Australian singer
1982 - Adam Carroll , British racing driver
1983 - Dmitri Sychev , Russian soccer player
1984 - Sasha Cohen , American figure skater
1985 - Andrea Bargnani , Italian basketball player
1985 - Asin Thottumkal , Indian actress
1988 - Vicky Longley , British actress
1989 - James Utechin , British actor
Deaths 899 - Alfred the Great
1235 - King Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1175 )
1440 - Gilles de Rais , French serial killer (b. 1404 )
1633 - Horio Tadaharu , Japanese warlord (b. 1596 )
1671 - Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet , English politician (b. 1593 )
1679 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery , British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. 1621 )
1686 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater , English politician (b. 1623 )
1717 - Catherine Sedley , English mistress of James II of England
1751 - Philip Doddridge , English religious leader (b. 1702 )
1764 - William Hogarth , British painter (b. 1697 )
1803 - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford , English politician (b. 1721 )
1806 - John Graves Simcoe , first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752 )
1817 - Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin , Austrian scientist (b. 1727 )
1866 - John Kinder Labatt , Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company ) (b. 1803 )
1890 - Carlo Collodi , Italian writer (b. 1826 )
1896 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour , French statesman (b. 1827 )
1902 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton , American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815 )
1909 - Hirobumi Ito , Japanese Prime Minister, de facto Resident-General of Korea (b. 1841 )
1930 - Harry Payne Whitney , American businessman (b. 1872 )
1931 - Charles Comiskey , baseball team owner (b. 1859 )
1937 - Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki , Polish general (b. 1867 )
1941 - Arkady Gaidar , Russian children's writer (b. 1904 )
1943 - Marc Aurel Stein , Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862 )
1944 - Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom , daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857 )
1944 - William Temple , Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1881 )
1945 - Paul Pelliot , French explorer (b. 1878 )
1945 - Alexei Krylov , Russian engineer and mathematician (b. 1863 )
1947 - Canon Edwin Sidney Savage , English rector (b. 1862 )
1952 - Hattie McDaniel , American singer and actress (b. 1895 )
1956 - Walter Gieseking , French pianist (b. 1895 )
1957 - Gerty Cori , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1896 )
1957 - Nikos Kazantzakis , Greek writer, author of the famous novels Zorba the Greek The Last Temptation of Christ (b. 1883 )
1966 - Alma Cogan , English singer (b. 1932 )
1971 - Vincent Coleman , American actor (b. 1901 )
1972 - Igor Sikorsky , Ukrainian-born inventor (b. 1889 )
1978 - Alexander Gerschenkron , Russian-born economic historian (b. 1904 )
1979 - Park Chung-hee , President of South Korea (b. 1917 )
1984 - Gus Mancuso , baseball player (b. 1905 )
1986 - Jackson Scholz , American runner (b. 1897 )
1989 - Charles J. Pedersen , American Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904 )
1994 - Wilbert Harrison , American singer (b. 1929 )
1995 - Gorni Kramer , Italian bandleader and songwriter (b. 1913 )
1999 - Hoyt Axton , American musician (b. 1938 )
2002 - Jacques Massu , French general (b. 1908 )
2002 - Movsar Barayev , Chechen militant
2004 - Bobby Avila , Major League Baseball player (b. 1924 )
2005 - Keith Parkinson , fantasy artist (b. 1958 )
2006 - Pontus Hultén , Swedish art collector and pioneering museum director (b. 1924 )
2006 - Rogério Duprat , Brazilian composer (b. 1932 )
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