Wednesday, October 26, 2016
[1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, composer, harpsichordist,
born in Naples Italy]
[1825 - The Erie Canal opens to traffic]
[1854 - C.W. (Charles William) Post, cereal mogul, born in Springfield, Illinois]
[1874 - Abby (Greene Aldrich) Rockefeller, philanthropist, cofounder NY Museum of Modern Art, born in Providence, Rhode Island]
[1876 - H.B. (Henry Byron) Warner, actor, born in London]
[1881 - Wyatt Earp, his brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons have a "Shootout at the OK Corral"]
[1894 - John S. (Shively) Knight, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, publisher, born in Bluefield, West Virginia]
[1911 - Sidney Gillman, College & Pro Football Hall of Fame player & coach, born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota]
[1911 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana]
[1914 - Jackie Coogan (John Leslie Coogan, Jr.), actor, born in Los Angeles]
[1942 - USS Hornet (CV-8) is sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]