100 years anniversary |
26 Oct 1924
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birth
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Tom F Lewis: (Rep-R-Florida, 1983- )
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26 Oct 1924
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birth
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Shaw Taylor, English actor and television host (d. 2015) |
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75 years anniversary |
26 Oct 1949
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birth
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Kevin Sullivan: Wrestler (WCW / ECW / SMW / NWA / Georgia / CWFI)
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26 Oct 1949
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event
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President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents
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26 Oct 1949
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birth
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Antonio Carpio, Filipino lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
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26 Oct 1949
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birth
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Steve Rogers, American baseball player |
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26 Oct 1949
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birth
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Kevin Sullivan, American wrestler and booker |
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26 Oct 1949
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death
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Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872) |
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26 Oct 1949
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event
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Pres Truman increases minimum wage from 40
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50 years anniversary |
26 Oct 1974
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birth
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Lisa, Japanese singer and producer (M-Flo) |
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26 Oct 1974
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birth
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Anita Rinaldi, Hungarian porn actress, director, and producer |
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26 Oct 1974
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birth
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Raveena Tandon, Indian actress and producer |
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26 Oct 1974
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death
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Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (b. 1914) |
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26 Oct 1974
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event
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Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch
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25 years anniversary |
26 Oct 1999
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death
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Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938) |
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26 Oct 1999
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death
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Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American author and educator (b. 1910) |
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26 Oct 1999
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death
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Johannes Käbin, Estonian politician (b. 1905) |
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26 Oct 1999
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event
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Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament. |
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26 Oct 1999
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music
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American singer, songwriter and actor Hoyt Axton died of a heart attack in Victor, Montana aged 61. Wrote songs for, Elvis Presley, Three Dog Night, (1971 US No.1 Joy To The World), John Denver, Ringo Starr, Glen Campbell. His mother Mae Boren Axton wrote 'Heartbreak Hotel.'
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20 years anniversary |
26 Oct 2004
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death
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Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player and politician (b. 1924) |
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26 Oct 2004
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music
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Elvis Presley came top of a list of the highest-earning dead celebrities. Forbes.com listed the Top 5 dead music earners; 1. Elvis Presley $40m (£22m), 2. John Lennon $21m (£11m), 3. George Harrison $7m (£3.8m), 4. Bob Marley $7m and at 5. George and Ira Gershwin $6m.
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26 Oct 2004
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music
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Apple launched the U2 Special Edition iPod as part of a partnership between Apple, U2 and Universal Music Group. The new U2 iPod held up to 5,000 songs and featured a red Click Wheel and custom engraving of U2 band member signatures. The iPod was being introduced as the band released their new album 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.'
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15 years anniversary |
26 Oct 2009
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death
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Teel Bivins, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1947) |
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26 Oct 2009
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death
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George Naʻope, American singer and dancer (b. 1928) |
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26 Oct 2009
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death
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Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922) |
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10 years anniversary |
26 Oct 2014
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death
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Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923) |
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26 Oct 2014
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death
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Mo Collins, American football player and coach (b. 1976) |
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26 Oct 2014
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death
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Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1942) |
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26 Oct 2014
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death
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Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (b. 1987) |
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26 Oct 2014
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death
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Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1961) |
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26 Oct 2014
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death
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Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925) |
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26 Oct 2014
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death
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Oscar Taveras, Dominican baseball player (b. 1992) |
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26 Oct 2014
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event
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Britain withdraws from Afghanistan after the end of Operation Herrick which started on June 20, 2002 after 12 years four months and seven days. |
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