Page 7: Historical Events In October - 26

1968  Soyuz 3 launched on this day in history.   

1968  The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City on October - 26.   

1968  On this day in history erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52   

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 on this day in history.   

1970  "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers on October - 26.   

1971  UN votes to replace Taiwan with China on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76   

1972  Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin on October - 26.   

1972  Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam on October - 26.   

1972  Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83 on October - 26.   

1973  Wings release "Helen Wheels" on this day in history.   

1975  Anwar Sadat becomes the first Egyptian president to visit the United States on October - 26.   

1976  Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa on October - 26.   

1976  On October - 26 trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic   

1976  Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57 on October - 26.   

1977  5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of NY   

1978  On October - 26 george Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies   

1979  On October - 26 jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies   

1980  On this day in history marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74   

1982  On this day in history giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies   

1984  On this day in history "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days   

1984  On October - 26 john Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85   

1985  On this day in history montreal constable Jacinthe Fyfe is the first Canadian female police officer killed on duty.   

1985  The Mutijuli Aboriginal Community is granted freehold title to Ayers Rock and the Uluru National Park in the Northern Territory on this day in history.   

1987  Dow Jones down 156.83 points on this day in history.   

1987  Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads on October - 26.   

1988  Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service on October - 26.   

1988  On this day in history uS-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK   

1989  On October - 26 the re-built Globe Theatre in London reopens for the first time in 350 years   

1989  On October - 26 andrew Roberts, cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand 1976), dies   

1990  On this day in history william Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89   

1991  Lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella on October - 26.   

1992  Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71 on this day in history.   

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1427  On October - 26 birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

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

1473  On this day in history 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 October - 26.   

1609  On this day in history birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on this day in history.   

1673  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on October - 26.   

1132  On this day in history death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  On October - 26 andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies   

1440  On this day in history death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on this day in history.   

1607  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)