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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of October 26:

 1466 Desiderius Erasmus Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)
1685 Domenico Scarlatti Naples Italy, composer/harpsichordist
1759 Georges Danton France, revolutionary leader
1791 Charles Sprague Boston, banker/poet (Curiosity)
1855 Charles Post who had a way with breakfast cereals
1861 Richard D Sears Boston, 1st to win US amateur national tennis match
1873 Thorvald Stauning Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42)
1879 Leon Trotsky Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet)
1894 John S Knight WV, publisher (Knight-Rider)
19-- James Pickens Jr actor (Another World)
1910 John Cardinal Krol former archbishop of Philadelphia
1911 Mahalia Jackson New Orleans, gospel singer (Whole World in his Hands)
1911 Sid Gillman NFL coach (LA, San Diego, Houston)
1914 Jackie Coogan LA Calif, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family)
1916 Fran‡ois Mitterand Jarnac France, President of France (1981-1995)
1917 Felix the Cat cartoon character
1919 Edward W Brooke 1st black senator in over 80 yrs (Sen-R-Mass)
1919 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Aryamehr Shah of Iran (1941-79)
1931 Hank Garrett Monticello NY, actor (Car 54 Where Are You)
1932 Chinadorai Deshmutu India, field hockey player (1952)
1933 Suzy Parker San Antonio Tx, model/actress (Chamber of Horrors)
1936 Bruce Belland Chicago, singer (Tim Conway Hour)
1939 John Arden England, novelist/playwright (Left Handed Liberty)
1940 Mario Orosco 1st victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
1941 Harald Nielsen Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960)
1942 Bob Hoskins Suffolk England, actor (Brazil, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
1945 Pat Conroy American writer (Great Santini, Prince of Tides)
1946 Pat Sajak Chicago, TV host (Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sajak Show)
1947 Jaclyn Smith Houston Tx, actress (Charlie's Angel, Nightkill)
1947 Hilary Rodham Clinton First Lady (1993-)
1948 Marshall Colt New Orleans La, actor (Eric-Lottery)
1950 Chuck Foreman NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
1951 Bootsy Collins Cin, rocker (Parliaments-We Got the Funk)
1953 Julian Keith Strickland drummer/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster)
1954 Lauren Tewes Braddock PA, actress (Love Boat, Eyes of a Stranger)
1962 Cary Elwes actor (Glory, Princess Bride)
1963 Kerri Lynne Rosenberg Burlington Ia, Miss Iowa-America (1991-top 10)
1966 Olga Bicherova gymnastics (won title at 15yrs 33 days)

Deaths which occurred on October 26:

901 King Alfred the Great, die
1868 B F Randolph SC state senator, assassinated
1909 Prince Ito of Japan is assassinated by a Korean
1962 Louise Beavers actress (Beulah-Beulah), die at 64
1979 Park Chung-hee South Korean President is assassinated
1984 Sue Randall actress (Miss Landers-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 49
1990 William Paley CEO (CBS), dies at 89 from a heart attack
1991 Lori Rae Matthews crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
 1966    MORRISON         GLENN RAYMOND JR  MASON CITY            IA     CACCF/CRASH/PILOT/TAY NINH  REFNO 0506 VEH # 3167
 1967    DANIELS          VERLYNE W.        REAMSVILLE            KS     03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV     ALIVE IN 98
 1967    MC CAIN          JOHN S.           NORFOLK               VA     03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV     ALIVE IN 98/US SENATOR
 1967    RICE             CHARLES D.        SETAUKET              NY     03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV     ALIVE AND WELL 98
 1969    BYNUM            NEIL S.           VIAN                  OK       
 1969    WARREN           GARY D.           DES MOINES            IA       
 1971    EVELAND          MICKEY E.         LOS ANGELES           CA     "CRASH, 4 REMAINS FOUND, NOT SUBJS"  
 1971    FINGER           SANFORD I.        NEW YORK              NY     "CRASH, 4 REMAINS FOUND, NOT SUBJS"  
 1971    GREEN            THOMAS F.         RAMONA                CA     "CRASH, 4 REMAINS FOUND, NOT SUBJS"  
 1971    LAUTZENHEISER    MICHAEL           MUNCIE                IN     "CRASH, 4 REMAINS FOUND, NOT SUBJS"  
 1971    NICKOL           ROBERT A.         BETHLEHEM             PA     "CRASH, 4 REMAINS FOUND, NOT SUBJS"  
 1971    TRUDEAU          ALBERT R.         MILWAUKEE             WI     "CRASH, 4 REMAINS FOUND, NOT SUBJS"

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On this day...

1774 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia
1825 Erie Canal between Hudson River & Lake Erie opened
1863 Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva
1863 Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer
1868 White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La
1869 1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)
1876 President sends federal troops to SC
1881 Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az
1887 Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in the World Series
1903 Yerba Buena is 1st Key System ferry to cross SF Bay
1905 1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St Petersburg, Russia
1905 Union of Sweden & Norway ends
1911 Phila A's beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series
1916 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
1921 Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia
1941 US savings bonds go on sale
1942 US ship Hornet sunk in Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during WW II
1947 Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India
1949 Pres Truman increases minimum wage from 40› to 75›
1950 Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president
1951 Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden
1955 Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres
1956 UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved
1956 Vietnam promulgates its constitution
1957 USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov
1957 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting
1958 PanAm flies the 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris
1960 AL announces Minneapolis & LA to get teams in 1961
1960 AL's Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins
1962 Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
1964 Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
1965 Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace
1965 Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang
1966 1st Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2
1967 Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne
1968 Soyuz 3 launched
1970 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
1971 UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
1972 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin
1972 Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam
1973 Wings release "Helen Wheels"
1974 Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch
1975 Anwar Sadat became 1st Egyptian president to officially visit the US
1976 Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa
1976 Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic
1977 5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise
1977 Dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of NY
1980 St Louis Cards sack Balt Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times
1981 LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 2 in 78th World Series
1982 Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards
1984 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days
1985 On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the 82nd World Series
1987 Dow Jones down 156.83 points
1987 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads
1988 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




Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Austria : National Day
Benin, Rwanda : Armed Forces Day
Iran : Birthday of HIM the Shahanshah
South Vietnam : Constitution & Republic Day (1955, 1956)
Switzerland : Flag Day
US : Mother-in-Law's Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
New Zealand : Labour Day-last Monday in October - - - - - ( Monday )
US some states : Veterans Day - - - - - ( Monday )
US : Francis E Willard Day-temperance day - - - - - ( Friday )

Religious Observances

Ang : Commemoration of Alfred the Great
Luth : Commem of P Nicolai, J Heermann, P Gerhardt, hymnwriters
Orthodox : Feast of Demetrios the Martyr
RC : Commem of St Evaristus, 5th pope (c 97-c 107), martyr

Religious History

1779 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'The Lord is so rich that He easily can -- so good that He certainly will -- give His children more than He will ever take away.
1813 Birth of Henry T. Smart, English sacred organist. Though largely self-taught, Smart published many compositions, two of which are still popular as hymn tunes: LANCASHIRE ("Lead On, O King Eternal") and REGENT SQUARE ("Angels From the Realms of Glory").
1889 Birth of Millar Burrows, American archaeologist. Director of the American School of Oriental Research at Jerusalem 1931-32, 1947-48), Burrows' most popular published work was "What Mean These Stones?" (1941).
1948 The Pentecostal Fellowship of North America was organized at Des Moines, Iowa. The association is comprised of 24 Pentecostal groups and meets annually to promote unity among Pentecostal Christians.
1963 One month before his death at age 65, English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter addressed to a child: 'If you continue to love Jesus, nothing much can go wrong with you, and I hope you may always do so.'

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

Thought for the day :

" An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man. "
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