Page 7: Historical Events In October - 26

1968  Soyuz 3 launched on this day in history.   

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

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

1971  On October - 26 robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76   

1972  On this day in history guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin   

1972  On October - 26 henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam   

1972  Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83 on October - 26.   

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

1975  On this day in history anwar Sadat becomes the first Egyptian president to visit the United States.   

1976  Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic   

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

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

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

1978  On October - 26 george Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies   

1979  On October - 26 jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies   

1980  On this day in history 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 this day in history "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days   

1984  On October - 26 john Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85   

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

1985  On this day in history the Mutijuli Aboriginal Community is granted freehold title to Ayers Rock and the Uluru National Park in the Northern Territory.   

1987  Dow Jones down 156.83 points on October - 26.   

1987  On this day in history head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads   

1988  On this day in history donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service   

1988  On October - 26 uS-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK   

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

1989  On October - 26 andrew Roberts, cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand 1976), dies   

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

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1427  On this day in history birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

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

1473  On October - 26 birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

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  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  On October - 26 death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  On October - 26 andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies   

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

1576  On this day in history frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on October - 26.   

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

1633  On this day in history death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)