26 October

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26 October

899      Alfred the Great (died), English king (born 849)

1774    The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1775     King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.

1776     Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.

1825     The Erie Canal opens passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.

1849     Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (born), German mathematician (died 1917)

1850     Grigore Tocilescu (born), Romanian historian and archaeologist (died 1909)

1861     The Pony Express officially ceases operations.

1881     The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.

1902     Beryl Markham (born), Kenyan horse trainer and author (died 1986)

1921     The Chicago Theatre opens.

1931     Charles Comiskey (died), American baseball player and manager (born 1859)

1936     The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.

1940     The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.

1945     Pat Conroy (born), American author

1947     Hillary Clinton (born), American politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States

1958     Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.

1959     Paul Farmer (born), American anthropologist

1972     Igor Sikorsky (died), Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (born 1889)

1977     Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops rash in Merca district, Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.

1984     “Baby Fae” receives a heart transplant from a baboon.

1999     Britain’s House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain’s upper chamber of Parliament.

2001     The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.

2002    Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.

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Interests include biological anthropology, evolution, social behavior, and human behavior. Conducted field research in the Tana River National Primate Reserve, Kenya and on Angaur, Palau, Micronesia, as well as research with captive nonhuman primates at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Institute for Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya.
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