On This Day October 26th
OTD
October 26th is the 299th day of the year in the Gregorian
calendar; 66 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast
day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second
Bulgarian Empire.
1597 – Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routed the
Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
1825 – The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from
the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
1863 – The Football Association was founded.
1881 – Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday participate in the
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into entire
operation.
1956 – Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár
and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel
strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
1958 – Pan American Airways makes the first commercial
flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
1977 – Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox,
develops a rash in Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the
anniversary of eradicating smallpox, the most spectacular success of
vaccination.
1994 – Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
1999 – The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the
right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of
Parliament.
Birthdays
1483 – Hans Buchner, German Renaissance composer (d. 1538)
1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and
academic (d. 1823)
1874 – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, an American philanthropist,
founded the Museum of Modern Art (d. 1948)
1902 – Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer and
academic (d. 1980)
1911 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
1920 – Sarah Lee Lippincott, American astronomer and
academic (d. 2019)
1946 – Pat Sajak, American journalist, actor, and game show
host[18]
1951 – Bootsy Collins, American singer-songwriter and bass
player
1977 – Jon Heder, American actor and producer.
Holiday Spotlight
Let’s Celebrate Our Friend The Mule
The mule happens to be the most common and earliest artificial
hybrid animal. Instead of being an originally wild animal that humans
domesticated, the mule was invented by humans. It is the offspring of a male
donkey and a female horse. Donkeys and horses, it is important to note, are two
entirely different species with different numbers of chromosomes.
Its invention likely took place in the ancient ages in
modern-day Turkey. Mules were pretty standard in surrounding regions. They were
frequently used in Egypt by 3000 B.C. to carry cargo. Egyptian familiar people
also rode on mules as a form of transport. The mule probably arrived in Asia
Minor in 800 B.C. In ancient Rome, mules were used for transporting both humans
and cargo. Their strength and endurance were well-known by everyone — so much
so that when General Marius trained his soldiers to carry enormous loads of
ammunition, they were called ‘Marius’ Mules.’
Christopher Columbus brought mules to the Americas when he
set out to discover an alternate route to India and landed up in the Americas
to colonize them. Interestingly, George Washington — the first American
president — was called the father of the American mule because he produced over
50 mules at home. Washington considered the mules vital because they were
docile and easy to maintain.
Austrian National Day
Chicken Fried Steak Day
Horseless Carriage Day
Howl at the Moon Night
Mince Meat Pie Day
National Financial Crime Fighter Day
National Day of the Deployed
National Tennessee Day
National Mule Day
Pumpkin Day
Worldwide Howl at the Moon Night
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