Page 7: Historical Events In October - 26

1968  On this day in history soyuz 3 launched   

1968  On October - 26 the Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City.   

1968  Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 on October - 26.   

1969  On this day in history in Yugoslavia a 5.6 severe earthquake in the Banja Luka area of Yugoslavia killed 20, seriously injured 150, and left 65,000 homeless   

1970  "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers on this day in history.   

1971  UN votes to replace Taiwan with China on October - 26.   

1971  On October - 26 robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76   

1972  On October - 26 guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin   

1972  On this day in history henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam   

1972  On October - 26 igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83   

1973  Wings release "Helen Wheels" on October - 26.   

1975  Anwar Sadat becomes the first Egyptian president to visit the United States on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa   

1976  On this day in history 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 October - 26.   

1977  On October - 26 dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of NY   

1978  George Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies on October - 26.   

1979  Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies on October - 26.   

1980  On October - 26 marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74   

1982  On October - 26 giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies   

1984  On October - 26 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days   

1984  John Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1985  Montreal constable Jacinthe Fyfe is the first Canadian female police officer killed on duty on October - 26.   

1985  On October - 26 the Mutijuli Aboriginal Community is granted freehold title to Ayers Rock and the Uluru National Park in the Northern Territory.   

1987  On this day in history dow Jones down 156.83 points   

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

1988  On this day in history donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service   

1988  On October - 26 uS-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK   

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

1989  Andrew Roberts, cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand 1976), dies on October - 26.   

1990  William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89 on this day in history.   

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 October - 26.   

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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 October - 26.   

1473  On October - 26 birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  On October - 26 birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  On this day in history birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  On this day in history birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

0899  On this day in history alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies   

1132  On October - 26 death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  On this day in history 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  On this day in history philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on October - 26.   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on this day in history.