What happened on October 26 Scoll down to Oct. 26, 1964 October 26, 1947 The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India. October 26, 1948 Killer smog settles into Donora, Pennsylvania. October 26, 1950 In London King George VI opens the restored House of Commons chamber, destroyed in a 1941 bombing raid October 26, 1951 Boxer Joe Louis comes out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano. However, Marciano would win the fight in eight rounds. October 26, 1951 Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden October 26, 1954 Trieste return to Italy. October 26, 1955 After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality. October 26, 1955 Ng nh Dim declares himself Premier of South Vietnam. October 26, 1955 Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres October 26, 1956 UNs International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved October 26, 1956 Vietnam promulgates its constitution October 26, 1957 USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov October 26, 1957 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting October 26, 1958 Pan Am flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes. October 26, 1958 Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 f New York City to Paris, France. October 26, 1962 Beatles tape Please Please Me & Ask Me Why October 26, 1964 Barry Biliter was born on this day and later becomes Chief of one of the finest Volunteer Fire Depts in the country (Middle Creek Volunteer Fire Department) Dedicated Chief, Firefighter, Husband, Father and friend Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed. October 26, 1965 Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace October 26, 1965 Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang October 26, 1965 The Beatles are appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBEs). October 26, 1966 The first Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2 October 26, 1967 Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne October 26, 1968 Soyuz 3 launched October 26, 1968 The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City. October 26, 1969 In Yugoslavia a 5.6 severe earthquake in the Banja Luka area of Yugoslavia killed 20, seriously injured 150, and left 65,000 homeless October 26, 1970 Doonesbury comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers October 26, 1971 UN votes to replace Taiwan with China October 26, 1972 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin October 26, 1972 Henry Kissinger declares Peace is at hand in Vietnam October 26, 1973 Wings release Helen Wheels October 26, 1974 Number one hit on UK music charts - Ken Boothe - Everything I Own October 26, 1975 Anwar Sadat becomes the first Egyptian president to visit the United States. October 26, 1976 Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa October 26, 1976 Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic October 26, 1977 5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise October 26, 1977 Dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of NY October 26, 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. October 26, 1978 Independent Counsel Act is signed into law. October 26, 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. October 26, 1984 Baby Fae gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days October 26, 1984 Baby Fae receives a heart transplant from a baboon. October 26, 1985 Montreal constable Jacinthe Fyfe is the first Canadian female police officer killed on duty. October 26, 1985 The Mutijuli Aborigi nal Community is granted freehold title to Ayers Rock and the Uluru National Park in the Northern Territory. October 26, 1987 Dow Jones down 156.83 points October 26, 1987 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads October 26, 1988 Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service October 26, 1988 US-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK October 26, 1992 The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum. October 26, 1992 The command and control system of the London Ambulance Service fails catastrophically. October 26, 1994 Announcement that Andrew Wiles correctly proved Fermats last theorem. October 26, 1994 Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty. October 26, 1995 The CN commuter line between Montr‚al Central station and Deux Montagnes is reopened with modernized equipment. The new electric multiple unit trains, operating at 25 kv AC, replace aging equipment, some of it going back to the opening of the line in 1918. October 26, 1999 Pinocchio becomes the first animated classic to make its way to DVD October 26, 1999 Britains House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in Britains upper chamber of Parliament. October 26, 2000 An Ilyushin-18 aircraft ploughs into a mountain in ex-Soviet Georgia, killing more than 80 people. October 26, 2000 Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Cte dIvoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Gu.
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