Page 7: Historical Events In October - 26

1968  On October - 26 soyuz 3 launched   

1968  The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City on October - 26.   

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

1969  On October - 26 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  On this day in history "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers   

1971  On October - 26 uN votes to replace Taiwan with China   

1971  Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 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  On October - 26 anwar Sadat becomes the first Egyptian president to visit the United States.   

1976  On October - 26 transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa   

1976  Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1976  Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57 on October - 26.   

1977  On this day in history 5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise   

1977  Dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of NY on October - 26.   

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 this day in history marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74   

1982  On this day in history 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 October - 26.   

1985  On this day in history montreal constable Jacinthe Fyfe is the first Canadian female police officer killed on duty.   

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

1987  On October - 26 dow Jones down 156.83 points   

1987  On October - 26 head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads   

1988  On October - 26 donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service   

1988  US-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history the re-built Globe Theatre in London reopens for the first time in 350 years   

1989  On this day in history andrew Roberts, cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand 1976), dies   

1990  On this day in history william Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89   

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 this day in history.   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on October - 26.   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on October - 26.   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on October - 26.   

1483  On October - 26 birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

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

1645  On October - 26 birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

1673  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on this day in history.   

1132  On this day in history 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  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on this day in history.   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on October - 26.