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.
1944 - The World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf ended in a major Allied victory over Japanese forces, whose naval capabilities were badly crippled.
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.
1984 - “Baby Fae,” a newborn with a severe heart defect, was given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda, California. (Baby Fae lived 21 days with the animal heart.)
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 Bill Clinton.
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.
2002 - Russian government forces stormed the Moscow theater held by Chechen rebels; more than 100 hostages were killed.
2010 - Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant.
2012 - After leaving nearly five dozen 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.
2017 - President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a national public health emergency and announced new steps to combat what he described as the worst drug crisis in U.S. history.
2017 - At the request of the FBI and CIA, the president blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy while allowing 2,800 other files to come out.
2020 - Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court by a deeply divided Senate, with Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump's nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative majority for years to come.
Birthdays
28 - Allie DeBerry (actress)
31 - Beulah Koale (actress)
38 - Sasha Cohen (figure skater)
39 - Toya Wright (reality star)
43 - Jonathan Chase (actor)
44 - Mark Barry (singer)
44 - CM Punk (professional wrestler)
45 - Jon Heder (actor)
46 - Florence Kasumba (actress)
49 - Seth MacFarlane (writer/producer)
51 - Anthony Rapp (actor)
51 - Rosemarie DeWitt (actress)
54 - Tom Cavanagh (actor)
55 - Keith Urban (singer)
56 - Steve Valentine (actor)
59 - Natalie Merchant (singer)
60 - Cary Elwes (actor)
61 - Dylan McDermott (actor)
62 - Patrick Breen (actor)
66 - Rita Wilson (actress/singer)
68 - D.W. Moffett (actor)
69 - Lauren Tewes (actress)
70 - James Pickens Jr. (actor)
75 - Hillary Rodham Clinton (politician)
76 - Pat Sajak (game show host)
77 - Jaclyn Smith (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 26
1895 - Nebraska defeats Omaha University 36-0.
1896 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 8-4.
1901 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 17-0.
1907 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 22-8.
1912 - Nebraska defeats Adrian 41-0.
1929 - Nebraska and Missouri played to a 7-7 tie.
1935 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 19-0.
1940 - #18 Nebraska defeats Missouri 20-7.
1946 - Indiana defeats Nebraska 27-7.
1957 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 14-13.
1960 - The American League approves the move of the Washington Senators to become the Minnesota Twins and also announces new franchises for 1961 in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
1963 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 41-6.
1968 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 21-20.
1974 - #9 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 7-3.
1982 - Steve Carlton becomes the first pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards.
1985 - #5 Nebraska defeats Colorado 17-7.
1990 - Wayne Gretzky became the first NHL player to reach 2,000 points.
1991 - #9 Nebraska defeats Missouri 63-6.
1993 - The NFL announces the Carolina Panthers as the league's newest expansion franchise.
1995 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 500th National Hockey League (NHL) career goal against the New York Islanders in his 605th game. He became the second-fastest player to attain the plateau. Wayne Gretzky had reached 600 goals by his 575th NHL game.
1996 - The New York Yankees defeat the Atlanta Braves in six games to win their 23rd World Series.
1996 - #5 Nebraska defeats Kansas 63-7.
1997 - The Florida Marlins defeat the Cleveland Indians in seven games to win their first World Series.
2000 - The New York Yankees became the first team in more than 25 years to win three consecutive World Series titles, after defeating the New York Mets in five games of their "Subway Series."
2002 - Nebraska defeats Texas A&M 38-31.
2005 - The Chicago White Sox defeated the Houston Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years.
2012 - The National Hockey League announced that its labor dispute would force the cancellation of all games through the end of November.
2013 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 34-23.
2018 - In the longest World Series game ever, both in terms of time and innings, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 in 18 innings (7 hours, 20 minutes) in Game 3.
2019 - Indiana defeats Nebraska 38-31.
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.
1944 - The World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf ended in a major Allied victory over Japanese forces, whose naval capabilities were badly crippled.
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.
1984 - “Baby Fae,” a newborn with a severe heart defect, was given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda, California. (Baby Fae lived 21 days with the animal heart.)
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 Bill Clinton.
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.
2002 - Russian government forces stormed the Moscow theater held by Chechen rebels; more than 100 hostages were killed.
2010 - Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant.
2012 - After leaving nearly five dozen 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.
2017 - President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a national public health emergency and announced new steps to combat what he described as the worst drug crisis in U.S. history.
2017 - At the request of the FBI and CIA, the president blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy while allowing 2,800 other files to come out.
2020 - Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court by a deeply divided Senate, with Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump's nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative majority for years to come.
Birthdays
28 - Allie DeBerry (actress)
31 - Beulah Koale (actress)
38 - Sasha Cohen (figure skater)
39 - Toya Wright (reality star)
43 - Jonathan Chase (actor)
44 - Mark Barry (singer)
44 - CM Punk (professional wrestler)
45 - Jon Heder (actor)
46 - Florence Kasumba (actress)
49 - Seth MacFarlane (writer/producer)
51 - Anthony Rapp (actor)
51 - Rosemarie DeWitt (actress)
54 - Tom Cavanagh (actor)
55 - Keith Urban (singer)
56 - Steve Valentine (actor)
59 - Natalie Merchant (singer)
60 - Cary Elwes (actor)
61 - Dylan McDermott (actor)
62 - Patrick Breen (actor)
66 - Rita Wilson (actress/singer)
68 - D.W. Moffett (actor)
69 - Lauren Tewes (actress)
70 - James Pickens Jr. (actor)
75 - Hillary Rodham Clinton (politician)
76 - Pat Sajak (game show host)
77 - Jaclyn Smith (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 26
1895 - Nebraska defeats Omaha University 36-0.
1896 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 8-4.
1901 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 17-0.
1907 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 22-8.
1912 - Nebraska defeats Adrian 41-0.
1929 - Nebraska and Missouri played to a 7-7 tie.
1935 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 19-0.
1940 - #18 Nebraska defeats Missouri 20-7.
1946 - Indiana defeats Nebraska 27-7.
1957 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 14-13.
1960 - The American League approves the move of the Washington Senators to become the Minnesota Twins and also announces new franchises for 1961 in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
1963 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 41-6.
1968 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 21-20.
1974 - #9 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 7-3.
1982 - Steve Carlton becomes the first pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards.
1985 - #5 Nebraska defeats Colorado 17-7.
1990 - Wayne Gretzky became the first NHL player to reach 2,000 points.
1991 - #9 Nebraska defeats Missouri 63-6.
1993 - The NFL announces the Carolina Panthers as the league's newest expansion franchise.
1995 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 500th National Hockey League (NHL) career goal against the New York Islanders in his 605th game. He became the second-fastest player to attain the plateau. Wayne Gretzky had reached 600 goals by his 575th NHL game.
1996 - The New York Yankees defeat the Atlanta Braves in six games to win their 23rd World Series.
1996 - #5 Nebraska defeats Kansas 63-7.
1997 - The Florida Marlins defeat the Cleveland Indians in seven games to win their first World Series.
2000 - The New York Yankees became the first team in more than 25 years to win three consecutive World Series titles, after defeating the New York Mets in five games of their "Subway Series."
2002 - Nebraska defeats Texas A&M 38-31.
2005 - The Chicago White Sox defeated the Houston Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years.
2012 - The National Hockey League announced that its labor dispute would force the cancellation of all games through the end of November.
2013 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 34-23.
2018 - In the longest World Series game ever, both in terms of time and innings, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 in 18 innings (7 hours, 20 minutes) in Game 3.
2019 - Indiana defeats Nebraska 38-31.
