Historical Events In October - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1858 Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine on this day in history.
1858 Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.
1859 The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead on this day in history.
1859 Arthur Friedheim, composer on this day in history.
1861 On October - 26 pony Express ends
1861 On October - 26 richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)
1863 Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer on October - 26.
1863 Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva on October - 26.
1863 Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game on this day in history.
1864 On October - 26 union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI
1864 Joseph Moorat, composer on October - 26.
1867 John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1868 On this day in history white terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La
1868 B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated on October - 26.
1869 On October - 26 the first American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)
1869 1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) on this day in history.
1871 On October - 26 hermann Lohr, composer
1873 On this day in history thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42)
1874 All Grand Trunk Railway lines east of Montreal, 542 miles, are converted from 5' 6" to standard gauge on October - 26.
1874 On October - 26 peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49
1875 On this day in history h[arry] B[yron] Warner, London England, actor (King of Kings)
1876 On this day in history president sends federal troops to SC
1878 Australian bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and kills three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria on October - 26.
1879 On this day in history the birth of Leon Trotsky, Communist leader
1879 On this day in history leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet) [OS]
1881 On October - 26 shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az
1881 On this day in history gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az
1881 Margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame) on October - 26.
1881 On this day in history billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies
1886 On this day in history modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia
1886 Gustav Hermann Unger, composer on October - 26.
1887 Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series on this day in history.
1888 E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros) on October - 26.
1890 On this day in history collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies
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