In the present day is Sunday, Oct. 26, the 299th day of 2025. There are 66 days left within the yr.
In the present day in historical past:
On October 26,1984, “Child Fae,” a new child with a extreme coronary heart defect, was given the guts of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda, California. (She lived 21 days with the animal coronary heart.)
Additionally on this date:
In 1774, the First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.
In 1881, 4 lawmen, together with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, exchanged gunfire with 5 outlaws, killing three of them, within the “Shootout on the O.Ok. Corral” in Tombstone, Arizona.
In 1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.
In 1861, the legendary Pony Categorical formally ceased operations, giving approach to the transcontinental telegraph. (The final run of the Pony Categorical was accomplished the next month.)
In 1979, South Korean President Park Chung-hee was shot to dying by the pinnacle of the Korean Central Intelligence Company, Kim Jae-kyu.
In 2000, the New York Yankees turned the primary crew in additional than a quarter-century to win three straight World Sequence championships, beating the New York Mets in Sport 5 of their “Subway Sequence.”
In 2001, President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriot Act, giving authorities unprecedented capacity to go looking, seize, detain or eavesdrop of their pursuit of doable terrorists.
In 2002, a hostage siege by Chechen rebels at a Moscow theater ended with 129 of the 800-plus captives lifeless, most from a knockout fuel utilized by Russian particular forces who stormed the theater; 41 rebels additionally died.
In 2020, Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court docket by a deeply divided Senate, putting in President Donald Trump’s nominee days earlier than the U.S. normal election.
In 2024, Israel launched predawn airstrikes in opposition to navy targets in Iran in retaliation for a barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired on Israel on Oct. 1. It was the primary time Israel’s navy had overtly attacked Iran.
In the present day’s Birthdays:
- Musician Milton Nascimento is 83.
- Actor Jaclyn Smith is 80.
- TV host Pat Sajak is 79.
- Politician, diplomat and former first woman Hillary Rodham Clinton is 78.
- Musician Bootsy Collins is 74.
- Artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel is 74.
- Actor James Pickens Jr. is 71.
- Actor-singer Rita Wilson is 69.
- Actor Dylan McDermott is 64.
- Actor Cary Elwes is 63.
- Singer Natalie Service provider is 62.
- Nation singer Keith City is 58.
- Actor Tom Cavanagh is 62.
- Author-producer Seth MacFarlane (TV: “Household Man”) is 52.
- Actor Florence Kasumba is 49.
- Actor Jon Heder is 48.
- Actor Folake Olowofoyeku (foh-LAH’-kay oh-low-wow-foh-YAY’-koo) is 42.
- Rapper Schoolboy Q is 39.
