October 26
1774
The First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.
1825
The Erie Canal, connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River, opened.
1881
Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday were involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
1975
Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States.
1979
South Korean president Park Chung Hee was killed by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.
1994
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony attended by President Clinton.
2002
Russian government forces stormed the Moscow theater held by Chechen rebels. More than 100 hostages were killed.
2005
The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years.
Birthdays
Mahalia Jackson
1911–1972, American gospel singer, born in New Orleans.
Domenico Scarlatti
composer (1685)
Beryl Markham
aviator (1902)
Francois Mitterrand
political leader, president of France (1916)
Bob Hoskins
actor (1942)
Pat Conroy
writer (1945)
Hillary Rodham Clinton
lawyer and political figure (1947)
Keith Urban
singer (1967)
Jon Heder
actor (1977)
Sasha Cohen
figure skater (1984)