Tuesday, October 26, 2021

History for October 26

History for October 26 - On-This-Day.com
Francois Mitterand 1916 - President of France (1981-1995)
  • 1825 - The Erie Canal opened in upstate New York. The 363-mile canal connected Lake Erie and the Hudson River at a cost of $7,602,000.
  • 1858 - H.E. Smith patented the rotary-motion washing machine.
  • 1881 - The "Gunfight at the OK Corral" took place in Tombstone, AZ. The fight was between Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and Doc Holiday and the Ike Clanton Gang.
  • 1949 - U.S. President Harry Truman raised the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour.
  • 1991 - Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry arrived at a federal correctional institution in Petersburg, VA, to begin serving a six-month sentence for cocaine possession.

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