Today
is October 26, 2013, the 299th day of 2013. There are 66 days left in the year.
On this date:
·
In
1774, the First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.
·
In
1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson
River.
·
On Oct.
26, 1861, the legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations, giving way
to the transcontinental telegraph. (The last run of the Pony Express was
completed the following month.)
·
In 1881 – The legendary gunfight
at the O.K. corral took
place in Tombstone, Arizona. It was between the Earp brothers and
J.H.Halliday on one side and two Clinton brothers and two McLaury brothers on
the other side. [Tidbit:
I live about 30 miles from Tombstone, Arizona.]
·
In
1942, Japanese planes badly damaged the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in the
Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during World War II. (The Hornet sank early the
next morning.)
·
In
1949, President Harry S. Truman signed a measure raising the minimum wage from
40 to 75 cents an hour.
·
In
1958, Pan American Airways flew its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to
Paris in 8 hours and 41 minutes.
·
In
1972, national security adviser Henry Kissinger declared, "Peace is at
hand" in Vietnam.
·
In
1980, Israeli President Yitzhak Navon became the first Israeli head of state to
visit Egypt.
·
In
1984, "Baby Fae," a newborn with a severe heart defect, was given the
heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda, Calif. (Baby Fae
lived 21 days with the animal heart.)
·
In
2001, President George W. Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act, giving authorities
unprecedented ability to search, seize, detain or eavesdrop in their pursuit of
possible terrorists.
·
Ten
years ago: Thirteen deaths in Southern California were reported as wildfires
fed by hot Santa Ana winds flared into gigantic waves of flame that devoured
entire neighborhoods.
·
Five
years ago: U.S. military helicopters launched a rare attack on Syrian
territory, killing eight people in a strike Damascus condemned as "serious
aggression."
·
One
year ago: After leaving more than 40 people dead in the Caribbean, Hurricane
Sandy headed toward the eastern United States, with forecasters warning that it
would merge with two winter storm systems to create a megastorm.
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