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 this day in history.   

1968  Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 on this day in history.   

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 October - 26 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers   

1971  UN votes to replace Taiwan with China on October - 26.   

1971  On this day in history robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76   

1972  Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin on October - 26.   

1972  Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam on October - 26.   

1972  On this day in history igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83   

1973  Wings release "Helen Wheels" on this day in history.   

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

1976  Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa on October - 26.   

1976  On October - 26 trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic   

1976  Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

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

1978  On this day in history george Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies   

1979  Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies on October - 26.   

1980  On October - 26 marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74   

1982  On October - 26 giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies   

1984  On October - 26 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days   

1984  On this day in history john Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85   

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  On this day in history dow Jones down 156.83 points   

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

1988  Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service on October - 26.   

1988  US-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK on October - 26.   

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  On October - 26 william Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89   

1991  On October - 26 lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella   

1992  On this day in history dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71   

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1427  On October - 26 birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  On October - 26 birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1483  On this day in history birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  On October - 26 birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on this day in history.   

1673  On this day in history birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

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 this day in history.   

1440  Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on this day in history.   

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 October - 26.   

1608  On this day in history juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

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