This Day in History: October 26, 2024
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1774
The First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.
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1825
The Erie Canal, connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River, opened.
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1881
Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday were involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
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1975
Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States.
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1979
South Korean president Park Chung Hee was killed by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.
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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.
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2002
Russian government forces stormed the Moscow theater held by Chechen rebels. More than 100 hostages were killed.
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2005
The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years.
