Today in history On Oct. 26, 1407, mobs attacked the Jewish community in Krakow. In 1749, the American colony of Georgia reversed itself and declared slavery illegal. In 1774, the first Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia. In 1774, The Minutemen were organized in the American colonies. In 1776, Benjamin Franklin departed for France to seek that countrys help in the American Revolution. In 1787, The Federalist Papers was published urging the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. In 1810, the U.S. Government annexed Western Florida. In 1825, In Upstate New York, the Erie Canal opened, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River. In 1861, the Pony Express ceased its operations. In 1863, the worldwide Red Cross was organized in Geneva. In 1864, Union troops ambushed and killed Bloody Bill: Anderson in Richmond, Mich. In 1881, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the Clantons were involved in the Gunfight at the OK Corral, in Tombstone, Ariz. In 1901, the first use of a getaway car occurred in the robbery of a shop in Paris, France. In 1921, The Chicago Theatre, nicknamed The Wonder Theatre of the World, opeed in Chicago, Illinois. In 1936, the first electric generator at the Hoover Dam went into full operation. In 1940, the maiden flight of the P-51 Mustang occurred. In 1941, U.S. Savings Bonds first went on sale. In 1942, this was the second day of the Battle of Henderson Field, on Guadalcanal; and USS South Dakota shot down a record 32 Japanese planes at the Battle of Santa Cruz. In 1950, six hundred and thirty Dutch volunteer soldiers arrived in South Korea; and South Korean forces reached Chosin. In 1954, Walt Disneys first TV program, Disneyland, premiered on ABC. In 1964, The Rolling Stones appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1966, the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany caught fire in the Gulf of Tonkin. In 1970, the Doonesbury comic strip first appeared in 28 U.S. newspapers. In 1976, Trinidad and Tobago became a republic. In 1977, the last natural case of smallpox was discovered in the Merca district of Somalia. In 1982, Phillies great Steve Carlton became the first-ever pitcher to win for Cy Young awards. In 1984, Baby Fae received a heart transplant, from a baboon, but lived for only 21 days. In 1994, Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty. In 1995, Mossad agents assassinated Islamic jihad leader Fathi Shakaki in his hotel in Malta. In 2001, the USA Patriot Act was passed into law. In 2002, in the Moscow Theater Siege, 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages died when Spetsnaz special forces troops stormed the theater building which had been seized by the rebels three days earlier. And in 2010, with cassettes being nearly obsolete, Sony took the Walkman cassette player off the market.
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