MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2020

1881 ― Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az

1905 ― First Soviet (workers' council) formed, St Petersburg, Russia

1905 ― Union of Sweden & Norway ends

1949 ― President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents

1956 ― U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved

1956 ― Vietnam promulgates its constitution

1957 ― USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov

1957 ― Vatican Radio begins broadcasting

1965 ― Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace

1970 ― "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers

1971 ― U.N. votes to replace Taiwan with China

1972 ― Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam

1982 ― Steve Carlton became first pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards

1987 ― Dow Jones down 156.83 points

1988 ― Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service

1988 ― U.S.-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK