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Updated October 25, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Oct. 26, 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.
On Oct. 26, 1911, Mahalia Jackson, the American known as the queen of gospel singing, was born. Following her death on Jan. 27, 1972, her obituary appeared in The Times.
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1774 The First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia. 1825 The Erie Canal opened, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River in upstate New York. 1881 Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and “Doc” Holliday confronted Ike Clanton’s gang in a gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Ariz. Three members of Clanton’s gang were killed; Earp’s brothers were wounded. 1962 In one of the most dramatic verbal confrontations of the Cold War, American U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson asked his Soviet counterpart during a Security Council debate whether the USSR had placed missiles in Cuba. 1972 National security adviser Henry Kissinger declared “peace is at hand” in Vietnam. 1984 A newborn with a severe heart defect was given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda, Calif. She lived for 21 more days. 1994 Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty. 2002 A hostage siege by Chechen rebels at a Moscow theater ended with 129 of the 800-plus captives dead, most from a knockout gas used by Russian special forces who stormed the theater. 2005 The Chicago White Sox won their first World Series since 1917 by defeating the Houston Astros 1-0 in Game 4. Current Birthdays
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton turns 65 years old today.
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Country singer Keith Urban turns 45 years old today.
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1942 Bob Hoskins, Actor, turns 70 1945 Jaclyn Smith, Actress (“Charlie’s Angels”), turns 67 1946 Pat Sajak, TV game show host (“Wheel of Fortune”), turns 66 1951 Bootsy Collins, Musician, turns 61 1956 Rita Wilson, Actress, turns 56 1961 Dylan McDermott, Actor (“The Practice”), turns 51 1963 Natalie Merchant, Rock singer (10,000 Maniacs), turns 49 1968 Tom Cavanagh, Actor (“Ed”), turns 44 1971 Rosemarie DeWitt, Actress (“The United States of Tara”), turns 41 1971 Anthony Rapp, Actor (“Rent”), turns 41 1973 Seth MacFarlane, Writer, producer (“Family Guy”), turns 39 1977 Jon Heder, Actor (“Napoleon Dynamite”), turns 35 1984 Sasha Cohen, Figure skater, turns 28
Historic Birthdays
Mahalia Jackson
10/26/1911 – 1/27/1972 American gospel singer.Go to obituary »
71 Domenico Scarlatti 10/26/1685 – 7/23/1757
Italian composer34 Georges Jacques Danton 10/26/1759 – 4/5/1794
French Revolutionary leader? Henry Deringer 10/26/1786 – 2/28/1868
American gunsmith59 Charles William Post 10/26/1854 – 5/9/1914
U.S. manufacturer of breakfast cereals81 Richard Dudley Sears 10/26/1861 – 4/8/1943
American tennis champion86 John S. Knight 10/26/1894 – 6/16/1981
American journalist and publisher83 Beryl Markham 10/26/1902 – 8/3/1986
British aviator, horse trainer and breeder, and writer91 Jack Sharkey 10/26/1902 – 8/17/1994
Hall-of-fame heavyweight boxer60 Primo Carnera 10/26/1906 – 6/29/1967
Italian-born U.S. heavyweight boxer77 Charlie Barnet 10/26/1913 – 9/4/1991
American musician69 Jackie Coogan 10/26/1914 – 3/1/1984
American silent film actor; played “The Kid”79 Francois Mitterand 10/26/1916 – 1/8/1996
French president (1981-95)60 Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 10/26/1919 – 7/27/1980
Iranian Shah (1941-79)
Updated October 24, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Oct. 25, 1971, the United Nations General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
On Oct. 25, 1881, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, the Spanish-born painter and sculptor considered the most influential artist of the 20th century, was born. Following his death on April 8, 1973, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1400 Author Geoffrey Chaucer died in London. 1760 Britain’s King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II. 1854 The English suffered heavy losses against Russia in the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. The battle inspired Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem “Charge of the Light Brigade.” 1881 Artist Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain.. 1962 Author John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. 1971 The U.N. General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan. 1983 A U.S.-led force invaded Grenada at the order of President Ronald Reagan, who said the action was needed to protect U.S. citizens there. 1986 The New York Mets won Game 6 of the World Series in the 10th inning when a routine ground ball went through Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner’s legs. 1994 Susan Smith of Union, S.C., claimed that a black carjacker had driven off with her two sons. She later confessed to drowning the children and was convicted of murder. 2001 Microsoft released the Windows XP operating system. 2002 Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., 58, was killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota. 2003 Florida State’s Bobby Bowden became the winningest coach in major college football history with his 339th victory as the Seminoles beat Wake Forest 48-24. 2005 U.S. military deaths in Iraq reached 2,000. Current Birthdays
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Singer Katy Perry turns 28 years old today.
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R&B singer Ciara turns 27 years old today.
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1917 Lee MacPhail, Hall of Fame baseball executive, turns 95 1927 Barbara Cook, Singer, actress, turns 85 1928 Marion Ross, Actress (“Happy Days”), turns 84 1940 Bobby Knight, Hall of Fame college basketball coach, turns 72 1941 Anne Tyler, Author, turns 71 1944 Jon Anderson, Rock singer (Yes), turns 68 1948 Dave Cowens, Bsaketball Hall of Famer, turns 64 1957 Nancy Cartwright, Actress (“The Simpsons”), turns 55 1963 Tracy Nelson, Actress (“Father Dowling Mysteries”), turns 49 1970 Adam Goldberg, Actor, turns 42 1971 Pedro Martinez, Baseball player, turns 41 1971 Midori, Violinst, turns 41 1981 Young Rome, R&B singer, turns 31
Historic Birthdays
Pablo Ruiz Picasso 10/25/1881 – 4/8/1973 Spanish-born painter and sculptor.Go to obituary »
85 Samuel Heinrich Schwabe 10/25/1789 – 4/11/1875
German astronomer20 Evariste Galois 10/25/1811 – 5/31/1832
French mathematician73 Johann Strauss, Jr. 10/25/1825 – 6/3/1899
Austrian composer36 Georges Bizet 10/25/1838 – 6/3/1875
French composer79 Henry Norris Russell 10/25/1877 – 2/18/1957
American astronomer68 Richard Evelyn Byrd 10/25/1888 – 3/11/1957
American naval officer37 Floyd Bennett 10/25/1890 – 4/25/1928
American aviator88 Charles Coughlin 10/25/1891 – 10/27/1979
American Roman Catholic priest and radio commentator95 Henry Steele Commager 10/25/1902 – 3/2/1998
American writer and educator30 Eddie Lang 10/25/1902 – 3/26/1933
American musician84 Jack Kent Cooke 10/25/1912 – 4/6/1997
American businessman and sports team owner83 Minnie Pearl 10/25/1912 – 3/4/1996
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