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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 26th October 2018   
   26 Oct 18 01:35:23   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-yru-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1942 - Fourth day of battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough   
      
   1951 - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden   
      
   1952 - Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India   
      
   1975 - Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball   
      
   1993 - NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte   
      
   2013 - St Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Red Sox to lead the MLB 2013 World   
   Series 2-1   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1813 - Henry Smart, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1879)   
      
   1854 - August Kiehl, Dutch actor (Op hoop van zegen, De kribbebijter), born in   
   Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1938)   
      
   1915 - Joe Fry, British racing driver, born in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire,   
   England (d. 1950)   
      
   1926 - Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russian cosmonaut   
      
   1934 - Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster,   
   Harmonia), born in Berlin   
      
   1959 - François Chau, Cambodian actor, born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1235 - Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies   
      
   1661 - Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies   
      
   1945 - Paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)   
      
   1966 - Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)   
      
   1983 - Mike Michalske, American football NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay   
   Packers), dies at 80   
      
   1993 - Absolutely Nobody, [David Powers], Wash lt-gov candidate, dies at 37   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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