Pan Am’s First Boeing 707 Service — A Milestone in Transatlantic Travel
On October 26, 1958, Pan American World Airways inaugurated scheduled Boeing 707 passenger service with a flight from New York’s Idlewild Airport to Paris–Le Bourget. The aircraft, named Clipper America, ...
The Battle off Samar Rescue — Survival in the Philippine Sea
On October 26–27, 1944, U.S. Navy patrol craft and infantry landing craft searched the waters east of Samar for survivors of the previous day’s battle. During the Battle off Samar, ...
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The Adjournment of the First Continental Congress — Laying the Infrastructure of Resistance
On October 26, 1774, the First Continental Congress adjourned at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, concluding more than seven weeks of deliberations over the colonies’ response to British imperial policy. Convened ...
Mahalia Jackson — A Voice of Faith, A Force for Freedom
Born on October 26, 1911, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mahalia Jackson grew from a singer rooted in the church into one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated gospel artists. Her ...
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Jackie Coogan — From Hollywood Child Star to Wartime Glider Pilot
Born on October 26, 1914, in Los Angeles, California, John Leslie “Jackie” Coogan became one of Hollywood’s first major child stars. Discovered by Charlie Chaplin while performing in vaudeville, he ...
Frank Eaton — The Man Behind “Pistol Pete”
Born on October 26, 1860, in Hartford, Connecticut, Frank Boardman Eaton became the real-life inspiration for Oklahoma State University’s “Pistol Pete” mascot. His enduring reputation rests on both his frontier ...
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Pat Sajak — From the Vietnam Broadcast Booth to Wheel of Fortune
Born on October 26, 1946, in Chicago, Pat Sajak built a broadcasting career that took him from military radio in Vietnam to more than four decades as the host of ...
Library Staff, Newberry Library, Chicago – October 26, 1915
Gathered for this photograph on October 26, 1915, are staff members of Chicago’s Newberry Library, one of the nation’s leading independent research libraries. Established through the bequest of businessman Walter ...
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“Baby” — A Sentimental Portrait of Childhood, 1919
Published in the New York Tribune’s Graphic Section on October 26, 1919, this color supplement, titled “Baby,” pairs a softly rendered portrait with a short poem about the mysteries of ...
Charles W. Post — Building an Empire at the Breakfast Table
Born on October 26, 1854, in Springfield, Illinois, Charles William Post became a pioneering manufacturer in the prepared-food industry. Before finding success with breakfast products, he worked in agricultural machinery ...
The Gunfight near the O.K. Corral — Local Conflict, National Myth
On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, a brief gunfight in a narrow vacant lot near the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, became one of the defining episodes of ...
The Opening of the Erie Canal — Joining the Inland Waters
On October 26, 1825, New York Governor DeWitt Clinton marked the opening of the Erie Canal, a waterway that would transform American commerce. Built over eight years, the canal stretched ...
