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Events on the 26th of October in history

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26 Oct 0306 Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
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26 Oct 1341 The Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor at Didymoteicho.
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26 Oct 1366 Comet 55P / 1366 U1 (Tempel-Tuttle) approaches 0.0229 AUs of Earth
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26 Oct 1377 Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia.
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26 Oct 1387 Amsterdam buccaneer Herman of Kuinre sign peace
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26 Oct 1407 Mobs attack Jewish community of Cracow
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26 Oct 1492 Lead pencils 1st used
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26 Oct 1520 Charles V is crowned.
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26 Oct 1524 Spanish troops give Milan to France
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26 Oct 1529 Thomas More appointed English Lord Chancellor
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26 Oct 1534 Charles V names Joris of Egmont, Bishop of Utrecht
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26 Oct 1597 Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
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26 Oct 1640 The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
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26 Oct 1662 Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to France
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26 Oct 1674 Prince Willem III occupies Grave
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26 Oct 1682 William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York
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26 Oct 1689 General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after.
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26 Oct 1749 Georgia Colony reverses itself and rules slavery is legal
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26 Oct 1774 Minute Men organized in colonies
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26 Oct 1774 The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
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26 Oct 1775 King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.
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26 Oct 1776 Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
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26 Oct 1787 "Federalist Papers" published, calls for ratification of Constitution
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26 Oct 1810 US annexes western Florida
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26 Oct 1811 The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree.
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26 Oct 1813 War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of the Chateauguay.
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26 Oct 1822 King Willem I obligates inhabitants of Brussels to use Dutch language
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26 Oct 1825 The Erie Canal opens: Passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
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26 Oct 1825 Erie Canal between Hudson River & Lake Erie opened
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26 Oct 1830 Belgian rebels occupy Antwerp
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26 Oct 1858 Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine
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26 Oct 1859 The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
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26 Oct 1860 Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
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26 Oct 1861 Pony Express ends
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26 Oct 1861 The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
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26 Oct 1863 Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game
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26 Oct 1863 The Football Association, the oldest football association in the world, is formed in London.
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26 Oct 1863 Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva
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26 Oct 1863 Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer
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26 Oct 1868 White terrorists kill several blacks in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
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26 Oct 1869 1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)
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26 Oct 1876 President sends federal troops to South Carolina
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26 Oct 1881 Gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Arizona
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26 Oct 1881 The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
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26 Oct 1881 Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az
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26 Oct 1887 Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in the World Series
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26 Oct 1896 Abyssinia and Italy sign peace treaty
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26 Oct 1900 After 4 years of work, 1st section of New York subway opens
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26 Oct 1901 1st use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris
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26 Oct 1903 Yerba Buena is 1st Key System ferry to cross SF Bay
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26 Oct 1905 Sweden accepted the independence of Norway.
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26 Oct 1905 1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St Petersburg, Russia
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26 Oct 1905 Union of Sweden & Norway ends
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26 Oct 1909 Itō Hirobumi, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th) and Resident-General of Korea, is assassinated by An Jung-geun at the Harbin train station in Manchuria.
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26 Oct 1911 Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series
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26 Oct 1911 Phila A's beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series
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26 Oct 1912 Woolwich Tunnel under Thames opens
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26 Oct 1912 First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.
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26 Oct 1913 Huerta elected President of Mexico
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26 Oct 1916 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
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26 Oct 1917 Petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military
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26 Oct 1917 World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat to the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians.
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26 Oct 1917 World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
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26 Oct 1918 Soldier revolt at Harskamp Veluwe
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26 Oct 1918 Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
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26 Oct 1919 B C Hilliams musical "Buddies, " premieres in New York City
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26 Oct 1921 The Chicago Theatre opens.
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26 Oct 1921 Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia
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26 Oct 1922 Italian government resigns under pressure from fascists and Benito Mussolini
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26 Oct 1923 Dutch 2nd Chamber rejects Fleet laws (50-49 vote)
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26 Oct 1926 Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 "Belga")
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26 Oct 1927 Duke Ellington sings "Creole Love Song"
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26 Oct 1933 French government of Serraut forms
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26 Oct 1936 The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
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26 Oct 1938 Du Pont named its new synthetic fiber "nylon"
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26 Oct 1939 Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service
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26 Oct 1940 The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
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26 Oct 1941 2nd meeting partisans Tito and Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia
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26 Oct 1941 US savings bonds go on sale
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26 Oct 1942 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
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26 Oct 1942 4th day in battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough
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26 Oct 1942 Battle of Santa Cruz: USS SD shoots down a record 32 enemy planes
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26 Oct 1942 World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, is sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.
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26 Oct 1942 US ship Hornet sunk in Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during WW II
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26 Oct 1943 World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
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26 Oct 1944 World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
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26 Oct 1947 The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
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26 Oct 1947 Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India
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26 Oct 1949 President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents
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26 Oct 1949 Pres Truman increases minimum wage from 40
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26 Oct 1950 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea
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26 Oct 1950 Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India
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26 Oct 1950 South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary
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26 Oct 1950 Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president
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26 Oct 1951 Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m and 15 miles
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26 Oct 1951 Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister
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26 Oct 1951 Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden
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26 Oct 1954 Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine
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26 Oct 1955 1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published
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26 Oct 1955 British troops occupy Saudi-Arabic oil field at Boeraimi
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26 Oct 1955 Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a Republic with himself as President
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26 Oct 1955 After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
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26 Oct 1955 Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
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26 Oct 1956 UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved
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26 Oct 1956 Vietnam promulgates its constitution
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26 Oct 1957 USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov
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26 Oct 1957 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting
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26 Oct 1958 Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
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26 Oct 1958 PanAm flies the 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris
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26 Oct 1960 AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins and announces franchises in LA and Washington DC for 1961
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26 Oct 1960 AL announces Minneapolis & LA to get teams in 1961
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26 Oct 1960 AL's Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins
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26 Oct 1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test
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26 Oct 1962 Beatles tape "Please Please Me" and"Ask Me Why"
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26 Oct 1962 JFK warns Russia US will not allow Soviet missiles to remain in Cuba
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26 Oct 1962 Nikita Khrushchev sends note to JFK offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if US closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected
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26 Oct 1962 Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
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26 Oct 1963 US performs underground nuclear test at Fallon, Nevada
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26 Oct 1964 Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
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26 Oct 1964 Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
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26 Oct 1965 Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace
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26 Oct 1965 Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang
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26 Oct 1966 US aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die
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26 Oct 1966 1st Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2
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26 Oct 1967 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
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26 Oct 1967 Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne
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26 Oct 1968 1st European satellite launched, Esro 1, at Cape Kennedy
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26 Oct 1968 KMIR TV channel 36 in Palm Springs, CA (NBC) begins broadcastng
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26 Oct 1968 Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission.
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26 Oct 1968 Soyuz 3 launched
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26 Oct 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
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26 Oct 1969 WHMA (now WJSU) TV channel 40 in Anniston, AL (CBS) 1st broadcast
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26 Oct 1970 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
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26 Oct 1970 Tanzania begins building railway Lusaka-Drone ash Salaam
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26 Oct 1970 Muhammad Ali faces off against Jerry Quarry in Atlanta, Georgia for the first time after Ali's three year hiatus from evading to be drafted in the Vietnam War.
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26 Oct 1971 UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
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26 Oct 1972 Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam
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26 Oct 1972 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin
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26 Oct 1973 Israeli forces reach Suez, trapping Egyptian army
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26 Oct 1973 President Nixon released 1st White House tapes on Watergate scandal
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26 Oct 1973 Wings release "Helen Wheels"
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26 Oct 1973 Wings release "Helen Wheels"
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26 Oct 1974 Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch
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26 Oct 1975 Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball
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26 Oct 1975 Mary Bea Porter wins LPGA Golf Inns of America
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26 Oct 1975 Anwar Sadat became 1st Egyptian president to officially visit the US
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26 Oct 1976 Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa
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26 Oct 1976 Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic
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26 Oct 1977 Dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of New York
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26 Oct 1977 Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops rash in Merca district, Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
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26 Oct 1977 5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise
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26 Oct 1978 Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat named winners of 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
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26 Oct 1979 Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by Korean Central Intelligence Agency head Kim Jae-gyu. Choi Kyu-hah becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
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26 Oct 1980 11th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:41
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26 Oct 1980 St. Louis Cardinals sack Baltimore Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times
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26 Oct 1981 LA Dodgers beat the New York Yankees, 4 games to 2 in 78th World Series
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26 Oct 1982 US budget deficit reaches more than $110 trillion for fiscal year 1982
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26 Oct 1982 Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards
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26 Oct 1984 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days
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26 Oct 1984 "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
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26 Oct 1985 The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines.
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26 Oct 1985 On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the 82nd World Series
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26 Oct 1986 "Into the Light" closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 6 performances
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26 Oct 1987 Dow Jones down 156.83 points
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26 Oct 1987 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads
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26 Oct 1988 US-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, Alaska
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26 Oct 1988 Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service
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26 Oct 1992 The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.
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26 Oct 1992 The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Dispatch, system which failed.
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26 Oct 1993 NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte
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26 Oct 1993 New Jersey Devils lose 2-0 to Montreal, after winning 1st 7 games of 1993
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26 Oct 1994 Jordan and Israel sign peace accord
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26 Oct 1994 Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
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26 Oct 1995 Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
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26 Oct 1997 Bill Glasson wins Las Vegas Golf Invitational
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26 Oct 1997 Nichirei LPGA International
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26 Oct 1997 World Series: Florida Marlins beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3
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26 Oct 1999 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 2000 Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï.
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26 Oct 2001 The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
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26 Oct 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
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26 Oct 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.
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26 Oct 2014 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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