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Historical Events In October - 26

Friday, 29 March 2024

1968  On this day in history soyuz 3 launched  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  On October - 26 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  On October - 26 uN votes to replace Taiwan with China  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  On this day in history robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  Wings release "Helen Wheels" on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  On this day in history anwar Sadat becomes the first Egyptian president to visit the United States.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On October - 26 deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  On October - 26 dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of NY  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On October - 26 george Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  On October - 26 marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  On October - 26 giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1984  On this day in history "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1984  John Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85 on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  Montreal constable Jacinthe Fyfe is the first Canadian female police officer killed on duty on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  On this day in history dow Jones down 156.83 points  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  On October - 26 head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On October - 26 donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On this day in history uS-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  The re-built Globe Theatre in London reopens for the first time in 350 years on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  Andrew Roberts, cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand 1976), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89 on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  Lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In October - 26

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1466  On this day in history birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1483  On October - 26 birth of hans Buchner, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1609  On October - 26 birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In October - 26

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0899  On October - 26 alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1132  Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1235  On this day in history andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1440  Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1576  Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1607  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on October - 26.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1608  On October - 26 juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1633  On October - 26 death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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