A bit of October 26th history…
1492 - Lead (graphite) pencils 1st used
1774 - Minutemen organized in US colonies
1787 - “Federalist Papers” published, calls for ratification of US’s constitution
1863 - International conference begins in Geneva aimed at improving medical conditions on battlefields - beginning of the Red Cross
1881 - Gunfight at the OK Corral: the most famous shootout in the Wild West occurs between lawmen, including Wyatt Earp, and the Cowboys with Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton killed (pictured)
1918 - Cecil Chubb gives prehistoric monument Stonehenge to British nation
1949 - US President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents
1950 - Mother Teresa founds Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India
1972 - Edwin Land introduces the 1st truly instant camera, Polaroid SX-70, at an event in Miami, Florida
1977 - Last natural case of smallpox discovered in Somalia; considered the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox
1984 - “The Terminator” is released (pictured below)
2001 - US passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law
2019 - Raid by US Special Forces kills ISIS founder Abu Bakr al Baghdadi in Syria
A bit of October 26th history… 1492 - Lead (graphite) pencils...