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10-26-2010, 04:24 AM
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This Date in History - October 26th
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* 306 Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
* 1597 Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
* 1640 The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
* 1689 General Piccolomini of Austria burned down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after.
* 1774 The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
* 1775 King George III goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.
* 1776 Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
* 1795 The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
* 1811 The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree.
* 1825 The Erie Canal opens passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
* 1859 The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
* 1860 Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
* 1861 The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
* 1881 The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
* 1905 Norway becomes independent from Sweden.
* 1909 Itō Hirobumi, Resident-General of Korea, was shot to death by Korean independence supporter Ahn Jung-geun at the Harbin train station in Manchuria.
* 1912 First Balkan War: The capital city of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.
* 1917 World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians.
* 1917 World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
* 1918 Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
* 1921 The Chicago Theatre opens.
* 1936 The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
* 1940 The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
* 1942 World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, is sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged.
* 1943 World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
* 1944 World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
* 1947 The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
* 1948 Killer smog settles into Donora, Pennsylvania.
* 1955 After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
* 1955 Ngτ Đμnh Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
* 1958 Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
* 1959 The world sees the far side of the Moon for the first time.
* 1964 Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
* 1967 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
* 1977 The last natural case of smallpox is discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
* 1979 Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by KCIA head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
* 1984 "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
* 1985 The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines.
* 1992 The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.
* 1992 The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Despatch, system which failed.
* 1994 Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
* 1995 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.
* 1999 Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
* 2000 Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Cτte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guιο.
* 2001 The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
* 2002 Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
* 2003 The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km²), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
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This Date in History - October 26th
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* 306 Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
* 1597 Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
* 1640 The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
* 1689 General Piccolomini of Austria burned down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after.
* 1774 The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
* 1775 King George III goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.
* 1776 Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
* 1795 The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
* 1811 The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree.
* 1825 The Erie Canal opens passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
* 1859 The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
* 1860 Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
* 1861 The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
* 1881 The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
* 1905 Norway becomes independent from Sweden.
* 1909 Itō Hirobumi, Resident-General of Korea, was shot to death by Korean independence supporter Ahn Jung-geun at the Harbin train station in Manchuria.
* 1912 First Balkan War: The capital city of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.
* 1917 World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians.
* 1917 World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
* 1918 Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
* 1921 The Chicago Theatre opens.
* 1936 The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
* 1940 The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
* 1942 World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, is sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged.
* 1943 World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
* 1944 World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
* 1947 The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
* 1948 Killer smog settles into Donora, Pennsylvania.
* 1955 After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
* 1955 Ngτ Đμnh Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
* 1958 Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
* 1959 The world sees the far side of the Moon for the first time.
* 1964 Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
* 1967 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
* 1977 The last natural case of smallpox is discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
* 1979 Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by KCIA head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
* 1984 "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
* 1985 The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines.
* 1992 The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.
* 1992 The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Despatch, system which failed.
* 1994 Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
* 1995 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.
* 1999 Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
* 2000 Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Cτte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guιο.
* 2001 The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
* 2002 Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
* 2003 The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km²), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
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