Historical Events In October - 26

1968  Soyuz 3 launched on this day in history.   

1968  On October - 26 the Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City.   

1968  On October - 26 erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52   

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

1971  On this day in history 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  On October - 26 wings release "Helen Wheels"   

1975  Anwar Sadat becomes the first Egyptian president to visit the United States on October - 26.   

1976  On this day in history transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa   

1976  On October - 26 trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic   

1976  On this day in history deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57   

1977  On October - 26 5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise   

1977  On this day in history dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of NY   

1978  George Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies   

1980  Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74 on October - 26.   

1982  On this day in history giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies   

1984  "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days on this day in history.   

1984  John Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85 on October - 26.   

1985  Montreal constable Jacinthe Fyfe is the first Canadian female police officer killed on duty on October - 26.   

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  Dow Jones down 156.83 points on October - 26.   

1987  Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads on October - 26.   

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  Andrew Roberts, cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand 1976), dies on October - 26.   

1990  William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89 on October - 26.   

1991  Lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella on this day in history.   

1992  On October - 26 dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71   

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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  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on October - 26.   

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

1609  On this day in history birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

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

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on this day in history.   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on October - 26.   

1132  Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on October - 26.   

1235  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on October - 26.   

1440  Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on October - 26.   

1576  On October - 26 frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1608  On October - 26 juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

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