October 26

October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining.

Events:

1664 - Royal Marines are formed
1825 - Erie Canal opened
1863 - The Football Association is formed
1863 - International Federation of the Red Cross is formed
1881 - The Gunfight at the O. K. Corral
1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf ends
1955 - Ngo Dinh Diem declares himself Premier of South Vietnam
1965 - The Beatles receive MBE Members of the British Empire[?] recognition
1976 - Transkei declares its "independence" from South Africa
1984 - "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon
1999 - Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers[?] to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament
2002 - Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian commandos storm the House of Culture theater in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels three days before.

Births:

1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer
1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, leader of the French Revolution
1854 - Charles Post[?], cereal entrepreneur
1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim, businessman, went down on Titanic (+ 1912)
1874 - Martin Lowry, British chemist
1902 - Jack Sharkey[?], boxing champion (+ 1994)
1906 - Primo Carnera, boxing champion (+ 1967)
1911 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (+ 1972)
1911 - Sid Gilman, American football player, coach, manager
1911 - Sorley MacLean, Scots Gaelic poet
1912 - Don Siegel, American director
1914 - Jackie Coogan, actor (+ 1984)
1916 - François Mitterrand, French president (+ 1996)
1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, shah of Iran (+ 1980)
1942 - Bob Hoskins, actor
1945 - Pat Conroy[?], novelist
1946 - Pat Sajak[?], game show host
1946 - Ivan Reitman[?], actor, writer, director
1947 - Jaclyn Smith[?], actress
1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of former President of the United States, Senator from New York
1947 - Holly Woodlawn[?], actor
1951 - Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk)
1953 - Keith Strickland[?], drummer ((The B-52s[?])
1954 - D.W. Moffett[?], actor
1958 - Rita Wilson[?], actress
1961 - Cylan McDermott[?], actor
1962 - Cary Elwes, British actor
1963 - Natalie Merchant, singer

Deaths:

1764 - William Hogarth, British painter
1806 - John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada
1902 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, feminist, suffragette
1905 - Norway becomes independent from Sweden
1931 - Charles Comiskey[?], baseball owner
1952 - Hattie McDaniel, American singer
1972 - Igor Sikorsky, helicopter pioneer
1975 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist
1979 - Park Chung-hee[?], president of South Korea
1991 - Bill Graham[?], rock and roll entrepreneur
1999 - Hoyt Axton[?], musician

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		October 26
		October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. Events: 1664 - Royal Marines are formed 1825 - Erie Canal opened 1863 - The Football Association is formed 1863 - International Federation of the Red Cross is formed 1881 - The Gunfight at the O. K. Corral 1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf ends 1955 - Ngo Dinh Diem declares himself Premier of South Vietnam 1965 - The Beatles receive MBE Members of the British Empire[?] recognition 1976 - Transkei declares its "independence" from South Africa 1984 - "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon 1999 - Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers[?] to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament 2002 - Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian commandos storm the House of Culture theater in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels three days before. Births: 1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer 1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, leader of the French Revolution 1854 - Charles Post[?], cereal entrepreneur 1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim, businessman, went down on Titanic (+ 1912) 1874 - Martin Lowry, British chemist 1902 - Jack Sharkey[?], boxing champion (+ 1994) 1906 - Primo Carnera, boxing champion (+ 1967) 1911 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (+ 1972) 1911 - Sid Gilman, American football player, coach, manager 1911 - Sorley MacLean, Scots Gaelic poet 1912 - Don Siegel, American director 1914 - Jackie Coogan, actor (+ 1984) 1916 - François Mitterrand, French president (+ 1996) 1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, shah of Iran (+ 1980) 1942 - Bob Hoskins, actor 1945 - Pat Conroy[?], novelist 1946 - Pat Sajak[?], game show host 1946 - Ivan Reitman[?], actor, writer, director 1947 - Jaclyn Smith[?], actress 1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of former President of the United States, Senator from New York 1947 - Holly Woodlawn[?], actor 1951 - Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk) 1953 - Keith Strickland[?], drummer ((The B-52s[?]) 1954 - D.W. Moffett[?], actor 1958 - Rita Wilson[?], actress 1961 - Cylan McDermott[?], actor 1962 - Cary Elwes, British actor 1963 - Natalie Merchant, singer Deaths: 1764 - William Hogarth, British painter 1806 - John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada 1902 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, feminist, suffragette 1905 - Norway becomes independent from Sweden 1931 - Charles Comiskey[?], baseball owner 1952 - Hattie McDaniel, American singer 1972 - Igor Sikorsky, helicopter pioneer 1975 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist 1979 - Park Chung-hee[?], president of South Korea 1991 - Bill Graham[?], rock and roll entrepreneur 1999 - Hoyt Axton[?], musician Holidays: See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December October 25 - October 27 - November 26 - September 26 - more historical anniversaries
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