- 1962] Till Hell Freezes Over: In one of the most dramatic verbal confrontations of the Cold War, U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson asks his Soviet counterpart whether the USSR has placed missiles in Cuba...
- 1965] Sir Beatles: The Beatles receive MBE (Member of the British Empire) honors at Buckingham Palace...
- 1972] Peace and love man: National security adviser Henry Kissinger declares "peace is at hand" in Vietnam...
- 1984] Baboon heart: A newborn with a severe heart defect is given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant. She will live 21 more days...
- 1990] "Happy Trails": William S. Paley, founder of CBS, Inc. dies from kidney failure at 89...1994] One-man band, Wilbert Harrison suffers a fatal stroke at 65...
- 1994] Passing the peace pipe: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan PM Abdel Salam Majali sign a peace treaty in a ceremony brokered by President Bill Clinton...
- 1996] A clear jewell: Federal prosecutors clear Richard Jewell as a suspect in the Olympic park bombing in Atlanta...
- 2001] Patriot Act: President George W. Bush signs the USA Patriot Act, giving authorities unprecedented ability to search, seize, detain or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists...
- 2002] Russian justice: A hostage siege by Chechen rebels at a Moscow theater ends with 129 of the 800 plus captives dead, most from a knockout gas used by Russian special forces who storm the theater...
- 2005] Fall Classic: The Chicago White Sox win their first World Series since 1917 by defeating Houston 1-0 in game 4...For more on October 26:
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