Today is Monday, October 26, the 299th day of 2009. There are 66 days left in the year.
1863 _ Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva
1863 _ Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer
1905 _ First Soviet (Workers' Council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia
1949 _ President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents
1955 _ Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as president
1956 _ U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved
1962 _ Beatles tape ``Please Please Me" &``Ask Me Why"
1964 _ Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
1971 _ U.N. votes to replace Taiwan with China
1975 _ Anwar Sadat became first Egyptian president to officially visit the U.S.