THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 26

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 26

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Mincemeat Pie Day, National Pretzel Day and National Pumpkin Day

1492  Columbus’ fleet anchored off of the Bahamas

1774  Minutemen were organized in the American colonies

1825  The Erie Canal between the Hudson River and Lake Erie became operational – 363 miles long and 40 feet wide

1858  The rotary washing machine was patented by Hamilton Smith

1881  The shootout at the OK Corral took place – Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday

1941  US Savings Bonds first went on sale

1946  TV host Pat Sajak was born – “Wheel of Fortune”

1947  Actress Jaclyn Smith was born – “Charlie’s Angels”

1947  Hilary Rodham Clinton was born

1949  President Truman signed legislation raising the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents

1954  Chevrolet introduced the V-8 engine

1954  Disney’s first TV program made its debut – Disneyland on ABC

1957  Vatican Radio began broadcasting

1958  Pan Am flew the first transcontinental jet trip – NYC to Paris

1970  The “Doonesbury” comic strip made its debut in 28 newspapers

1972  Guided tours of Alcatraz began

1972  Henry Kissinger declared that “peace is at hand” with Vietnam

1973  President Nixon released the first Watergate tapes

1975  Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian President to visit the US

1978  Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat were announced as the winners of the Nobel Peace prize

1984  The infant who became known as “Baby Fae” received a baboon heart transplant – she would die 21 days later

1994  Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty

SPORTS HISTORY ON OCTOBER 26

2005  White Sox sweep Houston to win their 1^st World Series since 1917

2000  NYY beat NY Mets to win their 26^th World Series – 3^rd year in a row – Derek Jeter MVP

1997  Florida Marlins win game 7 of the World Series vs. Cleveland 3-2 in the 11^th on Edgar Renteria’s single

1996  NYY win their 23^rd world Series as they sweep Atlanta – John Wetteland named MVP – had 4 saves

1990  Wayne Gretzky is the 1^st NHL player to score 2,000 points

1985  Patrick Ewing makes his NBA debut – averaged 21.0 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game in his career

1984  Charles Barkley makes his NBA debut – averages 22.1 points and 11.7 rebounds in his 16 year career – MVP 1992-93

1984  John Stockton makes his NBA debut with Utah – all time leader in assists with 15,806, leader in steals with 3,265 – averaged 13.1 points and 10.5 assists

1984  Michael Jordan makes his NBA debut – 32,292 career points, averaged 30.1 points per game, led NBA in scoring 10 times, 5 time MVP, 6 titles won

1982  Steve Carlton wins NL Cy Young award for the 4^th time – 23-11, 3.10 ERA, 19 complete games, and 286 strikeouts

1980  St. Louis sacks Baltimore QBs a NFL record 12 times

1977  Sparky Lyle wins AL Cy Young – 1^st reliever to win it – 13-5, 26 saves

1971  Vida Blue wins AL Cy Young – 24-8, 1.82 ERA, 8 shutouts, 24 complete games, 301 strikeouts

1940  Detroit’s Hank Greenberg wins AL MVP - .340 average, 41 HRs, 150 RBI

# 1 SONGS ON OCTOBER 26

1961  Runaround Sue – Dion

1964  Baby Love – The Supremes

1965  Yesterday – The Beatles

1966  96 Tears - ? & the Mysterians

1967  To Sir, With Love - Lulu

1968  Hey Jude –The Beatles

1969  Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley

1970  I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5

1971  Maggie May – Rod Stewart

1973  Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Knight & the Pips

1976  If You Leave Me Now – Chicago

1978  Hot Child In the City – Nick Glider

1980  Woman In Love – Barbra Streisand

1982  Who Can It Be Now – Men at Work

1983  Islands in the Stream – Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

1984  I Just Called to Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder

1985  Saving All My Love for You – Whitney Houston

1986  True Colors – Cyndi Lauper

1987  Bad – Michael Jackson

1988  Groovy Kind of Love – Phil Collins

1989  Miss You Much – Janet Jackson

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1993  Dream Lover – Mariah Carey

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1995  Fantasy – Mariah Carey

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio       

1997  Candle in the Wind (1997) – Elton John

1999  Smooth – Santana with Rob Thomas