Historical Events on 26th October ◀ Sep October Nov ▶ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 All Events Birthdays Weddings Deaths Events 1 - 177 of 177 740 - An earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death. 1366 - Comet 55P/1366 U1 (Tempel-Tuttle) approaches 0.0229 AUs of Earth 1387 - Amsterdam buccaneer Herman of Kuinre sign peace 1407 - Mobs attack Jewish community of Cracow 1492 - Columbus fleet anchors on Ragged Island Range, Bahamas 1492 - Lead pencils 1st used 1524 - Spanish troops give Milan to France 1529 - Thomas More appointed English Lord Chancellor 1534 - Charles V names Joris of Egmont, bishop of Utrecht 1662 - Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to France 1667 - Aru Palakkas occupies Makassar (Goa) 1674 - Prince Willem III occupies Grave 1682 - William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York 1749 - Georgia Colony reverses itself & rules slavery is legal 1774 - 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia 1774 - Minute Men organized in colonies 1776 - Benjamin Franklin departed from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution. 1787 - Federalist Papers published, calls for ratification of Constitution 1795 - Pinckneys Treaty between Spain & US is signed, establishing southern boundary of US & giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi United States founding father Benjamin FranklinUnited States founding father Benjamin Franklin 1795 - The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created. 1810 - US annexes western Florida 1822 - King Willem I obligates inhabitants of Brussels to use Dutch language 1825 - Erie Canal between Hudson River & Lake Erie opened 1830 - Belgian rebels occupy Antwerp 1858 - Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine 1859 - The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead. 1861 - Pony Express ends 1863 - Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva 1863 - Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby 1864 - Union troops ambush & kill Bloody Bill Anderson in Richmond MI 1868 - White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La 1869 - 1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) 1876 - President sends federal troops to SC 1881 - Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday & Clanton involved in gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az OK Corral Sheriff Wyatt EarpOK Corral Sheriff Wyatt Earp 1886 - Modest Mussorgskys A Night on Bald Mountain, premieres in Russia 1887 - Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series 1894 - German emperor Wilhelm II fires Chancellor Leo von Caprivi & premier Botho zu Eulenburg 1896 - Abyssinia & Italy sign peace treaty 1900 - After 4 years of work, 1st section of NY subway opens 1901 - 1st use of getaway car occurs after holding up a shop in Paris 1903 - Yerba Buena is 1st Key System ferry to cross SF Bay 1905 - 1st Soviet (workers council) formed, St Petersburg, Russia 1905 - Union of Sweden & Norway ends 1911 - Phila As beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series 1912 - Serbian troops over run Skopje (Uskup) 1912 - Woolwich Tunnel under Thames opens 1913 - Huerta elected president of Mexico 1916 - Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control) 1917 - Petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military Nurse Margaret SangerNurse Margaret Sanger 1917 - World War I:Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers. 1918 - Soldier revolt at Harskamp Veluwe 1919 - B C Hilliams musical Buddies, premieres in NYC 1919 - Elgars Cello concerto on 85 premieres in Queens Hall London 1919 - President Wilsons veto of Prohibition Enforcement Bill is overridden 1921 - Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia 1922 - Italian government resigns under pressure from fascists & Benito Mussolini 1923 - Dutch 2nd Chamber rejects Fleet laws (50-49 vote) 1923 - Government-Ruijs de Beerenbrouck resigns 1926 - Arthur Goodrichs Caponsacchi, premieres in NYC 1926 - Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 Belga) 1927 - Duke Ellington sings Creole Love Song 1930 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch ballet Zolotoy Vyek, premieres in Leningrad 1931 - Eugene ONeills Mourning Becomes Electra, premieres in NYC 1933 - French government of Serraut forms Jazz-orchestra leader, Composer, Pianist Duke EllingtonJazz-orchestra leader, Composer, Pianist Duke Ellington 1934 - While Wash player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffiths niece & adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox 1939 - Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service 1940 - The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight. 1941 - 2nd meeting partisans Tito & Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia 1941 - US savings bonds go on sale 1942 - 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 1942 - 4th day in battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough 1942 - Battle of Santa Cruz: USS SD shoots down a record 32 enemy planes 1943 - World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 Pfeil. 1947 - Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India 1947 - The British Military Occupation ends in Iraq. 1949 - President Harry Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents 1950 - 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea 1950 - Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president 1950 - Mother Teresa founds Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India Catholic Missionary Mother TeresaCatholic Missionary Mother Teresa 1950 - South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary 1951 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles 1951 - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden 1951 - Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister 1952 - Pakistans 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India 1953 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1954 - Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine 1954 - Walt Disneys 1st television program, Disneyland, premieres on ABC 1954 - Trieste return to Italy. 1955 - 1st edition of Village Voice (NYC) published 1955 - British troops occupy Saudi-Arabic oil field at Boeraimi 1955 - Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres 1956 - UNs International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved 1956 - Vietnam promulgates its constitution 1957 - USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov Soldier, author, journalist, politician Winston ChurchillSoldier, author, journalist, politician Winston Churchill 1958 - PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris 1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1960 - 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 1962 - Beatles tape Please Please Me & Ask Me Why 1962 - JFK warns Russia US will not allow Soviet missiles to remain in Cuba 1962 - Nikita Khrushchev sends note to JFK offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if US closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1963 - US performs underground nuclear test at Fallon Nevada 1964 - Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show 1964 - Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed. 1965 - Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace 1965 - Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang 1966 - 1st Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2 1966 - US aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita KhrushchevFirst Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev 1967 - Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne 1968 - 1st European satellite launched, Esro 1, at Cape Kennedy 1968 - KMIR TV channel 36 in Palm Springs, CA (NBC) begins broadcastng 1968 - Soyuz 3 launched 1969 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open 1969 - WHMA (now WJSU) TV channel 40 in Anniston, AL (CBS) 1st broadcast 1970 - Doonesbury comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers 1970 - Tanzania begins building railway Lusaka-Drone ash Salaam 1971 - UN votes to replace Taiwan with China 1972 - Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin 1972 - Henry Kissinger declares Peace is at hand in Vietnam 1973 - Israeli forces reach Suez, trapping Egyptian army 1973 - President Nixon released 1st White House tapes on Watergate scandal 1973 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1973 - Wings release Helen Wheels Politician, statesman Henry KissingerPolitician, statesman Henry Kissinger 1974 - Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBAs Cavaliers & MISLs Crunch 1975 - Anwar Sadat became 1st Egyptian president to officially visit US 1975 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1975 - Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball 1975 - Mary Bea Porter wins LPGA Golf Inns of America 1976 - Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa 1976 - Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic 1977 - 5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise 1977 - Dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of NY 1977 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 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 - Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat named winners of 1978 Nobel Peace Prize 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. 1980 - 10th NYC Womens Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:25:41.3 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem BeginIsraeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin 1980 - 11th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:41 1980 - St Louis Cards sack Balt Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times 1981 - LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 2 in 78th World Series 1982 - Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards 1982 - US budget deficit reaches more than $110 trillion for fiscal year 1982 1983 - Hugh Williams Pack of Lies, premieres in London 1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1984 - Baby Fae gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days 1985 - -Nov 6] Hurricane Juan, kills 97 in US 1985 - On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the World Series 1986 - Into the Light closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 6 performances 1987 - Dow Jones down 156.83 points 1987 - Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads 1988 - Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service 1988 - US-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK Businessman & T.V. Personality Donald TrumpBusinessman & T.V. Personality Donald Trump 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. 1992 - The London Ambulance Service was thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Despatch, system which failed. 1993 - NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte 1993 - NJ Devils lose 2-0 to Montreal, after winning 1st 7 games of 1993 1994 - Jordan & Israel sign peace accord 1995 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta. 1996 - Horse Racing Breeders Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine 1997 - Bill Glasson wins Las Vegas Golf Invitational 1997 - Nichirei LPGA International 1997 - Raleys Gold Rush Senior Golf Classic 1997 - World Series: Fla Marlins beat Cleve Indians, 4 games to 3 1999 - Britains House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britains upper chamber of Parliament. 2000 - NY Yankees defeat NY Mets 4-1 to win their 3rd straight World Series championship, MVP: Derek Jeter, NY Yankees 2000 - Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte dIvoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï. Bret Hart retires. Baseball Player Derek JeterBaseball Player Derek Jeter 2001 - The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law. 2002 - Moscow Theatre Siege: 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. 2003 - The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km²), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego. 2005 - Chicago White Sox defeat Houston Astros 4-0 in baseballs World Series championship, MVP: Jermaine Dye, Chicago 2012 - 64 people are killed in West Burma after continued sectarian clashes 2012 - 41 people are killed and 50 injured by a suicide bombing of a mosque in Maymana, Afghanistan 2012 - China blocks the New York Times from searches and social media in response to an investigation into Premier Wen Jiabao 2012 - Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in the Bahamas killing 2 people and causing over $300 million in damage > Search Historical Events in History Day All Days 12345 678910 1112131415 1617181920 2122232425 2627282930 31 Month All Months JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMay JuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctober NovemberDecember Year Type All Types EventsBirthdaysWeddingsDivorcesDeaths
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