Today is Friday, October 26, the 299th day of 2007. There are 66 days left in the year.
1863 _ Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva
1905 _ The Union of Sweden and Norway ends
1941 _ U.S. savings bonds go on sale
1955 _ Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as president
1956 _ U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved
1956 _ Vietnam promulgates its constitution
1957 _ Vatican Radio begins broadcasting
1967 _ The shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne
1970 _ "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
1975 _ Anwar Sadat becomes first Egyptian president to officially visit the U.S.
1976 _ Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic
1984 _ "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days